It's unrealistic to expect most people to get through the jargon and statistics that are involved in pretty straightforward papers. When you include meta analysis in that, most lay people would need to head back to school for a couple of years to get the necessary background.

This is where effective science communication are necessary. The scientific community needs to be able to speak to people directly to explain findings.

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

This is where the media of old would pick up the findings and condense them into a 10 min segment run every 2 hours for a few days.

But that requires integrity, skill, understanding, and doesn't help the anti-science political agenda.

(Yes, I am calling out FOX)