i am concerned more about the biosphere at large which is a larger conversation we could have another time but an important topic. >> we will not count that as a question. we will count that as a lead into another conversation. so we will take two more questions. >> my question is element identical to his. i want to ask your opinion -- >> thank you. >> i want to know your opinion. all right. >> okay. hi, i am allison and i am a graduate student finishing up at the national institute of health and recently i have gotten interested in science policy. one of the questions you asked is how much do the scientist who do the science talk to the policymakers and you had responded something like well the scientist talk science and the policymakers talk government and they don't communicate well. but you do a great job and lots of other science writers do a great job of translating that really difficult science talk into understandable media. so i was just wondering if you ever get the opportunity to talk to policymakers and participate in that? >> personally i do a lot. i am in washington a lo

increasing daily and that obviously raises the chance of unintended consequences and the greater biosphere. i'm actually less concerned about the unintended consequences locally and more concerned about the greater unintended consequences. >> we won't come that is a question. we will count that as a lead into another conversation. we will take two more questions. >> my question is almost identical to his. >> i was going to ask your opinion. >> my name is allison bro, i'm a a graduate student finishing up at the national institute of health and recently i've gotten interested in science policy. one of the questions that you had asked was how much do the scientists who do the science talk to the policymakers and you had responded something like the scientists talk science and the policy makers talk policy and

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