1 Reply by Ehkesoyo

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Science cannot give up its extremely specific terms. They're simply required for a succesful communication inside the perimeters of univocity and precision. What you suggest would require for all or most of the concepts on that text to be substituted by its definition. And that's not practical.

However, not everything is lost. Because what you need to understand that tricky word is but a quick wiki search away. In fact, I think the wikipedia is the best gateway into any new topic for a layman - scientific or not. The English wikipedia is very accurate and has a lot of content that can go quite in depth while giving you instant access to the explanation of this or that concept you don't seem to be able to grasp right away.

What's the key to get the general public to learn about science? Their own natural curiosity. And I think nowadays Youtube is doing an amazing job at spurring it. You can watch short videos with a lot of info crammed into them that will get your brain started on certain topic. Then you only need to get that person used to looking for the answers to the questions that they'll eventually get and that's it. Now we have a better educated citizen. They even found it enterteining, which means that they'll come back next week for a new video, and then start on that new topic and... The ball just keeps rolling.

Of course, this isn't enough to get a person to the highest level of any science. But I think it fulfills what you were asking for.

P.S: I'm going to post a few links to channels I think are good examples of what I'm talking about. Feel free to browse them, all are worth your time.

https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2
https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey
https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse


P.P.S: I hope my sleep deprived brain hasn't made an ass out of me in this post. I really wanted to contribute ^^

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2 Topic by Ehkesoyo

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Hello there!

On an effort to get myself out of the lurker, I thought I might bring this to the forum's attention. I hope it's of your liking and that I haven't happened to post this on the wrong forum or anything XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wYtG7aQTHA

P.S: "Y'all's"... One of the advantages of not being a native speaker is that I have no problem with twisting and shapping English however I please big_smile

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3 Reply by Ehkesoyo

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Teague wrote:

I fuckin' love you, you crazy goddamned Spaniard.

I... I... I never dared believe it was mutual wink

I talked to Tom a little more today and he told me that in the first day-ish the get about 600 downloads on average. I don't know if that's a lot or a little, but I hope that we see some support coming from there.

Anyway, I was thinking - always a risky proposition - and realised that the best way of improving the odds of garnering that support is by getting these people to care about Scott. And how to do that? The same way you've been getting fans all this long. With an awesome podcast. I post a little text that entices them to click on the accompanaying links. A few minutes later... Bam! Hooked.

In this spirit, could I ask you people for what your pitch would be? The episodes you consider showcase best what this podcast is about?

P.S: Should I open a new thread instead of cluttering this one? As I said earlier, I'm bad at forums.
P.P.S: Spaniard means that English isn't my first language, so please forgive any mistakes, feel free to laugh at them and even correct them if you're so inclined. I always appreciate the opportunity to learn some more ^^

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4 Reply by Ehkesoyo

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Hello everyone!

I'm more of the lurker type and I feel a bit bad about this being my first post. So, a few weeks back I tweeted at the friendsinurhead tweeter asking them which way those who can't reallya afford to give money could help best. They told me to spread the thing around.

Now, I'm Spaniard and I seriously doubt that most of my Facebook friends would care or understand why someone would need to raise money after having an accident (different health care systems and all) so I thought a bit about the best way of going about it.

I decided on writing to another podcast I'm a fan of, Knights of the Night actual play podcast (I'm bad with forums, all links will come at the end). In this podcast the record themselves playing a tabletop RPG and then they edit it. The result is almos like listening to a radio play.

I spoke with Tom, who's usually the one running their social media. Despite catching him in the middle of a convention, he was kind enough to give me some time. I explained to him the situation and asked him that if he was ok with it, he could share it with their fans.

Yesterday they uploaded their latest episode and there it was. He mentions it. He posted links on their official facebook page, on their fan page and on their website. So, why the hell am I going on and on about this? Well, I think that was quite kind of them and I thought that you guys would appreciate it. Maybe say hi to them, send them a virtual handshake or give them a listen? Anyways, thought I would share.

I hope no one thinks this is inappropiate or something I like that. It just made me feel good when people I respect do something good for someone I care about (despite not knowing him personally).

Now, links. Because I'm a n00b and I'm unable to do the neat thing where a link shows up as text.

Website: http://kotnpodcast.blogspot.com.es/
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/kotn.podcast
FB fan page (it works sort of like a forum for the community): https://www.facebook.com/groups/KotNFan/
iTunes playlist thingie (disclaimer, their equipment wasn't the best when they started. Sound quality is a bit meh): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kni … 391060534#

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