Coimbatore : Those who write on scientific subjects for the general public should assimilate the latest information and turn it into knowledge that readers could easily understand, Manoj Patairiya, Director, National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Government of India, New Delhi, said here on Sunday.

"We are living in a society that is flooded with information that had enclosed us in a cocoon. To break through the cocoon we need to assimilate the latest advances," he said, while delivering the valedictory address at the 5th Workshop on Science Writing and Journalism, jointly organised by Science City, Government of Tamil Nadu; M.T.S. Academy, Chennai; Bharathiar University and NCSTC, at the Academic Staff College of the University. Science was the key to overcome problems faced by humans, he said, adding that developing the scientific temper involved learning to be rational and systematic, besides acting without bias or prejudice.

India required "technological temper" that was a state of mind geared to use both intellect and physical ability for a common purpose. Educated people, however, often held the view that they should do only white-collar work and that only illiterates ought to do physical work.

People should overcome the internal conflict that arose because of the effort to use the head and the hands together, in order to achieve an aim. It was only by synchronising the intellect and physical labour that people could achieve excellence.

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