Twitter says it’s working on bringing its “read the article before you retweet it” prompt to all users “soon.” The company began testing the prompt in June, which shows up when people go to retweet a story they haven’t clicked through to actually read. Twitter says its inspiration is to “help advance educated conversation.” Headlines regularly don’t recount […]
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Category: Scientific Literacy
Call For Statements From Science Proponents
Do you feel strongly about scientific literacy? Here’s an opportunity to have your voice heard! You don’t have to be a scientist to contribute to this project! Just write up a short piece about why you feel strongly that science is important for our society. It doesn’t have to be long and can have any […]
Saving The Environment By Stunting Progress?
It’s really cool how everyone suddenly cares about the environment. What’s not so cool is that many of these people do not care to understand the science of what is required to fix the problem. The move towards a more environmentally friendly society is inherently a move towards a more efficient and advanced society. So […]
Electric Cars Are Actually Terrible for the Environment!
You have surely seen this headline before. Maybe you read the article, maybe you just sighed and moved on.
Scientific Literacy Isn’t just Knowing Science Facts
This post relates a lot to the above quote. When people think of scientific literacy it makes sense that they think it’s general scientific knowledge and understanding. But scientific literacy has to do with things that may be traced back to science, but isn’t technically scientific knowledge. Examples include; understanding how to use technology, emotional […]
Astronomy As A Tourist Attraction
I travel a lot, and during my travels I have encountered many places where astronomy is a central part of tourism. Especially in the United States, in almost every state you can visit at least one observatory. Charter a private jet from Jettly if you want to visit as many observatories in the country as […]
Internet Access as a Human Rights Issue
Is Internet access a human right? Many people and organizations seem to think so. In July and August 2012 the Internet Society conducted online interviews of more than 10,000 Internet users in 20 countries. In response to the statement “Access to the Internet should be considered a basic human right”: 83% responded that they somewhat […]
How To Know Which Information Is Accurate Surrounding Nutrit...
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Why We Founded Scientific Literacy Matters
In short we founded SLM (Scientific Literacy Matters) to promote a more reasonable way of thinking in society. It’s been shown time, and time again, that most things ailing humanity comes from ignorance or misinformation. War, poverty, oppression; all things that stem from misconceptions.
We Still Need to Stand up for Science!
This is a friendly reminder that we still need to stand up for science! We attended the March for Science in Washington DC (read our coverage). It was a good way to bring the public’s eyes towards the issues that threaten to undermine science.