Joshua –
Why should he care if people misunderstand what he thinks is obvious?
This notion underlies your entire post. I think he does. Did you think that my suggestions were ill-intentioned, or were meant other than as suggestions for reducing misunderstanding, made in good faith? On ATTP when I posted that the public perception of some scientists can be impacted by what other scientists do, you replied
You seem think that there is a significant amount of distrust in the public for government-funded research.
No, that’s not what I said. That’s your imagination.