“Science progresses on a path quite different from what the public sees. Regular surveys about the public understanding of science tell us that the non-scientist doesn’t comprehend well the importance of critical concepts like controlled trials, peer review, skeptical criticism, and holding provisional conclusions. People form their ideas about science from the input they get via basic education and popular culture. The scientific news and literature is very different from news and media meant for public consumption and it is not easily accessible to the public. Most of us get our news through sources that assume a non-specialist audience. These emphasize exciting or monetary aspects of the latest findings in science, disregarding or oversimplifying the amount of work necessary to reach the conclusion. This framing of science news, unfortunately, misrepresents the process and skews the public understanding of science.”