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Abstract
Lay people have a large appetite for information about scientific and technological issues that affect them, such as self-driving automobiles, gene manipulation, and climate change. However, this information must be clear and accurate if they are to use it to make informed political decisions. In 1994, the Nobel prize–winning physicist Philip W. Anderson used a newspaper essay to convey his concerns about the fidelity of the communication channels that connect the public to the creators of technical knowledge. He also suggested strategies to improve the quality of that communication. We analyze that essay and other writings by Anderson to identify the origins of his concerns and to place them in the larger context of his scientific philosophy.
非专业人士对影响他们的科技问题的信息有很大的兴趣，比如自动驾驶汽车、基因操纵和气候变化。但是，如果他们要利用这些信息作出明智的政治决定，这些信息必须是清晰和准确的。1994年，诺贝尔奖得主、物理学家菲利普·w·安德森(Philip W. Anderson)在一篇报纸文章中表达了他对将公众与技术知识创造者联系起来的沟通渠道的保真度的担忧。他还提出了提高这种沟通质量的战略。我们分析了这篇文章和安德森的其他作品，以确定他关注的根源，并将它们置于他的科学哲学的更大背景中。
期刊介绍：
Physics in Perspective seeks to bridge the gulf between physicists and non-physicists through historical and philosophical studies that typically display the unpredictable as well as the cross-disciplinary interplay of observation, experiment, and theory that has occurred over extended periods of time in academic, governmental, and industrial settings and in allied disciplines such as astrophysics, chemical physics, and geophysics. The journal also publishes first-person accounts by physicists of significant contributions they have made, biographical articles, book reviews, and guided tours of historical sites in cities throughout the world. It strives to make all articles understandable to a broad spectrum of readers – scientists, teachers, students, and the public at large. Bibliographic Data Phys. Perspect. 1 volume per year, 4 issues per volume approx. 500 pages per volume Format: 15.5 x 23.5cm ISSN 1422-6944 (print) ISSN 1422-6960 (electronic)
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