Mixed feelings about science literacy outreach, part 2
As much as it annoys me, I can’t bring myself to complain too much about Marcelo Gleiser’s short essay: This shaping of our worldview is not restric...
Category: Literacy
The rationality of ignorance
Jonathan Bernstein’s analysis on the rationality of ignorance should be heeded by those who rail on poor science literacy: Anyway, it’s worth noting...
People are scary in a way that numbers are not
Two months ago TNC inveighed against reformers who depend solely on statistics to explain human motivations. They are blind to the possibility that changes lead...
Why do we teach science?
The Lt. makes an important point I’ve been meaning to address in his response to my suggestion that much of biology can be taught without the theory of ev...
How to think about science
Via Matt Nesbit (in a post I’ll also try to comment on in my 3-day blogging rampage), I’d like to draw your attention to a wonderful series “H...
Misleading pictures
This past week I’ve been at the Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy. It’s really a great conference with a nice mix of acad...
Scientific thinking yet again
My friend I-Chant had a sharp response to my last post: Geez, Praj, you have never been trained as a psychologist, yet you know about going to PsycInfo, using s...
Two quick things
I know I still have to respond to the comments on my reading comprehension/science literacy post. I’ll get to that soon. Until then, I recommend you che...