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Ben Ray Luján: “Scientists tend to talk in a different language than regular people can understand. It's kind of a mismatch between…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2022
Scientists tend to talk in a different language than regular people can understand. It's kind of a mismatch between those who communicate and those who want to be communicated with not talking the same language.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan highlights the communication gap between scientists and the public.

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