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Learn for free on Brilliant for a full 30 days: https://brilliant.org/WritingwithAndrew/ . You’ll also get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Sometimes people say that sharing scientific knowledge with the public requires "dumbing it down," but the work of effective science communicators shows that good popularization actually involves acknowledging and affirming the intelligence of your audience. In this video, we look at three examples of popularizers doing anything but dumb it down as they share complex concepts with a public audience. This video was sponsored by Brilliant Work with Andrew on your writing: https://goldfinchmediallc.com/services Find me on Substack: https://writtenbyandrew.substack.com/ Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/PXKkEnZgGP Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtI_ueaoLsjIHHHmqR0TEgw/join Videos Referenced: "But why is a sphere's surface area four times its shadow?" https://youtu.be/GNcFjFmqEc8?si=bTFCr2P-IbqgJ_4B "Why Danish sounds funny to Scandinavians" https://youtu.be/eI5DPt3Ge_s?si=pLyVheBDsOe1J7sZ "Turning plastic gloves into grape soda" https://youtu.be/zFZ5jQ0yuNA?si=kRVnDI-j2LD5rCXP