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Academia is often perceived as an ivory tower, and when new findings are shared with the outside world this is not done by scientists, but by the media or even the political class. The problem is that these external agents do not have the necessary background to digest and properly communicate this knowledge with the rest of society. They often misunderstand, over-hype and in some case even distort the results and views of the scientific community. It's ironic and somewhat frightening that the discoveries and recommendations for which society invest substantial money and human capital are not directly disseminated by the people who really understand them.   Transparency At the same time transparency  and reproducibility are at stake in the increasingly complex world of research, which is still using old-fashioned tools. This is not only a big problem for research itself, but can give science a bad name in front of the public opinion, which increasingly does not understand and trust what scientists do. Science remains behind a jargon-wall and a pay-wall, with most recently published papers unaccessible to the average tax-payer.   In this scenario it is hard for the public to trust scientists and understand the relevance of their work. 
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