Scientists Aren't Exempt from Feelings, Any More Than the Public Is

Amanda Freise makes a fine point in a post for Scientific American, "It's Time for Scientists to Stop Explaining So Much." She's a PhD student in molecular and medical pharmacology at UCLA and has evidently made a study of research on science communication. She concludes that scientists shouldn't be shocked if loading more technical information on the public doesn't dissuade them from skeptical views on certain controversial issues.

She doesn't mention evolution, but she could have done so....