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A filmmaker wants to depict a realistic dramatization of a scientist making and communicating an important scientific
discovery. Which plot description would best depict the methods of discovery and communication that a modern
professional scientist uses?
The scientist collaborates with others to plan and carry out an experiment and then writes a paper that has a clear
conclusion. He submits it to a professional journal for peer review, after which the results are presented publicly.
The scientist works with a few other scientists in a secret lab that is sponsored by a large business corporation.
When the scientists have results, they contact others in the scientific community to report their results.
The scientist works alone in a lab until he makes a dramatic breakthrough and then immediately announces the
results through a worldwide press conference.
The scientist seeks input and data from a wide range of people of different scientific backgrounds and then publishes
all the data and results on the Internet so that all the collaborators can apply it to their individual research.​