The article by Thomas and Durant differs from Tim Folger’s in a number of ways, perhaps most strikingly in its apparent purpose. It plainly offers a set of nine reasons why scientists themselves should be concerned with advancing the scientific literacy of the overall population. It reads like a manual, like it was written by someone who wants to be as objective as possible about his or her observations of this scientist-layperson relationship. Like a manual, it is useful in its own ways and it seems to neglect the inherent emotion or passion felt by any human being who has ever been in any kind of relationship. Folger’s piece, on the other hand, is an article