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The Coming Age of Illiteracy: What Future for Science?

The Coming Age of Illiteracy: What Future for Science? One of the 16th century reliefs still existing at the monastery of “San Vivaldo,” in Tuscany. It is an early example of a purely image-based communication: an attempt to tell complex concepts, the stories of the gospels, to people who couldn’t read conventional text. It was a failure, but it […]

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Why Johnny can’t understand climate: functional illiteracy and the rise of “unpropaganda”

Why Johnny can’t understand climate: functional illiteracy and the rise of “unpropaganda” Image from OECD Skills Outlook 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264204256-en. These data show that most people in OECD countries have very limited capabilities of managing contrasting information. This lack of skill is the source of traditional propaganda (presenting to people a single side of the issue) but […]

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