While these principles are probably well known to serious scientists, they are often forgotten when scientific information is disseminated. Our society is awash with inflated information, which is inherent to efforts in many human activities – entertainment, law courts, stock markets, politics, and sports, to name but a few – to gain greater public attention in the framework of mass civilization.
这些原则对于那些严肃的科学家来说也许早已烂熟于心了，但是当科学信息被传播的时候它们却总是被人遗忘了。我们的社会充斥着膨胀的信息，这是许多人类的活动所固有的，例如娱乐、法庭、股票市场、政治还有体育，这些还不是全部，以便在大众文明的框架下获取更多的公众注意力。