Go to a big city art museum and they're swarming with school groups.
replyIf there are tech conventions, why not science conventions?
replyDo people not in tech go to tech conventions?
replyMy company has a tech convention every year. Last time I went I played spot the tech person - most people there failed the test (they were former engineers now in management trying to pretend they were still technical). I'm a staff engineer and I was the lowest position person I saw there - not even senior engineers much less the low or mid level engineers that would benefit from talking to the seniors at a tech conference.
replyI think tech aficionados and media types do. Tech conventions are more consumer-friendly than the scientific equivalent.
replyI'd categorize both those groups as being "in tech." Even if they're not active developers, they're certainly tech-adjacent especially in the software space.
replyThere are probably counter-examples, but I'm not sure where I'd go if I were, say, an enthusiastic amateur physics or chemistry enthusiast of some sort that would be especially accessible.
There are. But there are mostly attended by people working in the field.
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