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Mixed feelings about science literacy outreach, part 2

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Praj / 1 Comment

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...

Literacy

The rationality of ignorance

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

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...

Education/Literacy/Society

People are scary in a way that numbers are not

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Praj / 7 Comments

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...

Education/Intelligent Design/Literacy

Why do we teach science?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Praj / 2 Comments

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...

Communication/Literacy/STS

How to think about science

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Praj / 1 Comment

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...

Book Reviews/Expertise/Literacy

Misleading pictures

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Praj / 0 Comment

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...

Literacy

Scientific thinking yet again

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

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...

Academia/Education/Literacy

Two quick things

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Praj / 1 Comment

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...

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