How to simplify public scientific testimony? Response to Gelfert and Schneider

Abstract In their perceptive and constructive discussion of Scientific Testimony , Gelfert and Schneider articulate important challenges regarding simplification of public scientific testimony. In this response, I argue that while proper simplification is a hard task with many pitfalls, it is a task that may be guided by the science communication strategy— Justification Reporting —that I set forth in the book.