Originally Posted by
Cypress
You definitely don't have to be an astronomer or geneticist to discuss those very interesting scientific topics.
Science is so specialized that anyone outside their area of specialized expertise is going to have to rely on science journalism to keep abreast of scientific developments. As a general rule, nobody except those engaged in active research or in grad school are reading research papers in a academic journals
My dad had a masters in chemistry. He subscribed to at least two journals (monthly, I believe) on organic chemistry, his specialty. I tried at various times to read them but they might as well have been in Sanskrit. lol
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