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Scientists are encouraged to share their findings with the general public; organizations that communicate scientific discoveries, such as National Geographic, are helping to build an informed and rational citizenry in a changing world full of misinformation. But what if the incentives of the magazine and TV businesses come into conflict with responsible scientific research and communication? On second thought, let’s not make a big deal out of this—it’s not like a beloved scientific organization would promote a narcissistic huckster who invented a geologic feature in the pursuit of publicity.
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Berger autobiography https://www.chronicle.com/article/new-book-creates-furor-among-paleoanthropologists-in-the-u-s-and-south-africa/?cid=gen_sign_in
Field guide review https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC97527
Berger kayaking tour https://www.nature.com/articles/452806a
Palau cannibalism https://youtu.be/Fh3yRhPG4b4?si=fKlp80ClMMEw2M6j&t=263
Sediba age https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1184950
2011 Science special issue https://www.science.org/toc/science/333/6048
2013 Science special issue https://www.science.org/toc/science/340/6129
2011 press coverage https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/110908-apes-humans-evolution-australopithecus-sediba-lee-berger-science
2013 press coverage SciAm https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/is-australopithecus-sediba-the-most-important-human-ancestor-discovery-ever/
Cradle of Humankind - landowner’s paradise https://www.news24.com/news24/cradle-of-conflict-a-landless-community-divided-in-a-landowners-paradise-20181116
Facebook ad https://youtu.be/1f7jm3T_hao?si=1xqZ-jNndSgUDV-X&t=2894
Disposal of the dead https://youtu.be/oxgnlSbYLSc?si=Zte8o4kJUQXkDe3f&t=145
Val rebuttal https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27039664/
Drains don’t exist https://youtu.be/xyhO5hcfRHY?si=bb0zFmOv4UirM28T&t=2619
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By Principal InstigatorsScientists are encouraged to share their findings with the general public; organizations that communicate scientific discoveries, such as National Geographic, are helping to build an informed and rational citizenry in a changing world full of misinformation. But what if the incentives of the magazine and TV businesses come into conflict with responsible scientific research and communication? On second thought, let’s not make a big deal out of this—it’s not like a beloved scientific organization would promote a narcissistic huckster who invented a geologic feature in the pursuit of publicity.
Sources
Phillip Tobias https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2021.0041#d1e399 https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/17/world/pretoria-doctor-loses-his-license.html
Berger autobiography https://www.chronicle.com/article/new-book-creates-furor-among-paleoanthropologists-in-the-u-s-and-south-africa/?cid=gen_sign_in
Field guide review https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC97527
Berger kayaking tour https://www.nature.com/articles/452806a
Palau cannibalism https://youtu.be/Fh3yRhPG4b4?si=fKlp80ClMMEw2M6j&t=263
Sediba age https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1184950
2011 Science special issue https://www.science.org/toc/science/333/6048
2013 Science special issue https://www.science.org/toc/science/340/6129
2011 press coverage https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/110908-apes-humans-evolution-australopithecus-sediba-lee-berger-science
2013 press coverage SciAm https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/is-australopithecus-sediba-the-most-important-human-ancestor-discovery-ever/
Cradle of Humankind - landowner’s paradise https://www.news24.com/news24/cradle-of-conflict-a-landless-community-divided-in-a-landowners-paradise-20181116
Facebook ad https://youtu.be/1f7jm3T_hao?si=1xqZ-jNndSgUDV-X&t=2894
Disposal of the dead https://youtu.be/oxgnlSbYLSc?si=Zte8o4kJUQXkDe3f&t=145
Val rebuttal https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27039664/
Drains don’t exist https://youtu.be/xyhO5hcfRHY?si=bb0zFmOv4UirM28T&t=2619