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Liberal-arts education helps scientists think and communicate

  1. Scott M. Williams

    1. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

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  2. James A. Foster

    1. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.

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Routinely including liberal-arts courses in scientific education can help students to define and tackle social as well as scientific issues — and to communicate them effectively (see, for example, G. Mulgan Nature 602, 9; 2022). Scientists can then be better equipped to act as interpreters and advocates when interacting with policymakers and the public.

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Nature 603, 578 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00786-0

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