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Tag Archives: knowledge gap
Diagnosis: Denialism
New Scientist has an opinion piece up that hits on an ongoing theme of this blog: communicating statistical science to the public. In summary, it argues that those who reject scientific ideas like evolution, global warming, vaccination, AIDS, and such … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged climate change, conspiracy, expertise, information dissemination, knowledge gap, rhetoric of science
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Climategate debunked, finally?
There was the whole “climategate” debacle a few months back where emails were stolen from a leading climate research lab that supposedly showed fraudulent activity. Rhetoric of Science people almost assuredly remember that. Earlier today a second UK panel investigating … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged climate change, education, information dissemination, knowledge gap, rhetoric of science
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Millennials and Attention Spans
An interesting perspective hit me the other day when I was thinking about the millennial generation and their perceived short attention span. At least in my experience, baby boomers tend to think of the millennial generation as being very impatient … Continue reading
Posted in Society
Tagged education, knowledge creation, knowledge gap, Millenial Generation, social media, technology
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The Internet Bus
There was a fascinating story in the NYTimes on Friday about a school in Tucson who launched a pilot Yellow Bus + wifi. They have apparently equipped one of their school buses with a mobile wifi hot-spot that students can … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged community service, education, knowledge gap, mobile browsing, technology
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The Danger of Experts
Our reliance on experts to guide our decisions in life places us in some very precarious situations. What is the role of communication in determining and resolving that precariousness? Continue reading
The growing technology gap
What strikes me most about the conversation that motivated this blog is the disconnect it shows between the Internet “haves” and the Internet “have-nots.” By this, I mean those that are active in producing content on the web as contrasted … Continue reading