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ATISSA BANUAZIZI:
So I think it's

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somewhat of a misconception
that communication

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can be separated from the
work that scientists do.

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Because so much
of what scientists

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do in their daily
lives is communication.

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If you are a scientist, and
you are doing really, really

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exciting work, that
work is not going

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to have any kind of impact if
you can't tell people about it.

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And a lot of the actual
work that scientists

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do is writing up their results,
is talking about their results

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in all kinds of settings
and to all kinds of people.

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And MIT students, they're
very proud of their work.

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And they want their
work to have impact.

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And I think there
is an understanding

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that the way to have
impact is to make sure

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that other people understand it.

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And if other people don't,
then the work languishes.

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And there are all sorts
of reasons why people

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want to communicate their work.

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They may want to communicate
their work in classes, sure,

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to get a good grade.

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But they also eventually
will be asking for funding.

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They will be
communicating their work

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to change the direction of
research in their field.

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They want to change the world.

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That's going to happen if and
only if they can talk about it

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and write about it effectively.