Slipping into the Mainstream: Where Science Meets Policy

Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, Science
Notion that science might have some influence on policy.
Lively time for the congruence of science and policy.
Metaphor:

canal, with locks along the way.
each lock represents a barrier or hurdle.

Lock 1

scientific publication

Lock 2

interpretation by science writers
distrust among scientists and science writers
writers consider scientists unnecessarily obtuse
scientists consider writers shallow
writers are not evenly distributed or abundant
not [...]

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