2010-10-20

Science Knowledge Or Lack Thereof

Link to a video made in the late 1980s titled 'A Private Universe.' Click on VOD at the bottom right hand side.

It explores how students (were) are scientifically illiterate and how they rely on their own personal perception of the facts. No one ever challenged them along the way. Interesting to see Harvard students fail.

No wonder so many people feel their opinions are "factual."

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So. On a different level, how does Canada fare in science? In science in math not too bad.

Here's a profile at Sciencewatch.

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