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scientific reticence: a standalone construct

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scientificreticence1 CONSTRUCTScientific reticenceHANSEN · SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

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Science communication

scientists' tendency to understate risks or findings in public to avoid appearing alarmist, argued to delay public awareness.

In science communication, scientific reticence refers to scientists' tendency to understate risks or findings in public to avoid appearing alarmist, argued to delay public awareness. This meaning comes from Hansen (2007) in Environmental Research Letters.[1]

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  1. Hansen, J. E. (2007). Scientific reticence and sea level rise. Environmental Research Letters, 2(2), 024002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/2/2/024002

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