Yea I can’t support this kind of stuff enough. Science plays such a large role in society at this point that scientific literacy (or lack thereof in many cases) by the general population is incredibly important for shaping so many things about our lives. It’s fairly straightforward to parse studies if you’re already in a STEM field, but people who don’t have that background can really struggle with it (trying to explain some studies to my mom come to mind).
Honestly I wish some sort of “scientific literacy” course was a requirement for everyone as early as high school, along with things like personal finance and critical thinking courses
I really can’t count the number of times I had to go on Google Scholar to find a concrete answer for a silly question outside of my field (like, biology, psychology, sociology etc.) because the rest of the web was incapable of giving me a concrete answer backed with sources. I have to say it does take more time and energy though. And you won’t find a simple answer to your question, more like “Yes, but it depends”.
Yea I can’t support this kind of stuff enough. Science plays such a large role in society at this point that scientific literacy (or lack thereof in many cases) by the general population is incredibly important for shaping so many things about our lives. It’s fairly straightforward to parse studies if you’re already in a STEM field, but people who don’t have that background can really struggle with it (trying to explain some studies to my mom come to mind).
Honestly I wish some sort of “scientific literacy” course was a requirement for everyone as early as high school, along with things like personal finance and critical thinking courses
I really can’t count the number of times I had to go on Google Scholar to find a concrete answer for a silly question outside of my field (like, biology, psychology, sociology etc.) because the rest of the web was incapable of giving me a concrete answer backed with sources. I have to say it does take more time and energy though. And you won’t find a simple answer to your question, more like “Yes, but it depends”.