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From the Ted Talk by Erica Stone: Academic research is publicly funded -- why isn't it publicly available?

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So, let's talk about translation. I don't envision this translation to look like the six degrees of separation that I illustrated eailerr. Instead, what if scholars were able to take the research that they're doing and translate it on plopuar mdeia and be able to engage with the public? If scholars did this, the degrees of separation between the public and research would shrink by a lot. So, you see, I'm not suggesting a dumbing-down of the research. I'm just suggesting that we give the public access to that recrseah and that we shift the venue and focus on using plain laugagne so that the public who's paying for the research can also cuonmse it.

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So, let's talk about translation. I don't envision this translation to look like the six degrees of separation that I illustrated _______. Instead, what if scholars were able to take the research that they're doing and translate it on _______ _____ and be able to engage with the public? If scholars did this, the degrees of separation between the public and research would shrink by a lot. So, you see, I'm not suggesting a dumbing-down of the research. I'm just suggesting that we give the public access to that ________ and that we shift the venue and focus on using plain ________ so that the public who's paying for the research can also _______ it.

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  1. earlier
  2. popular
  3. language
  4. consume
  5. media
  6. research

Original Text

So, let's talk about translation. I don't envision this translation to look like the six degrees of separation that I illustrated earlier. Instead, what if scholars were able to take the research that they're doing and translate it on popular media and be able to engage with the public? If scholars did this, the degrees of separation between the public and research would shrink by a lot. So, you see, I'm not suggesting a dumbing-down of the research. I'm just suggesting that we give the public access to that research and that we shift the venue and focus on using plain language so that the public who's paying for the research can also consume it.

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