1/ Something I wish people outside of #academia understood: You can find a paper with quantitive evidence or sound arguments -- and, sometimes, even both! (har har) -- supporting just about any shit post you want to make.
That doesn't mean it's True.
-
-
3/ That's also why I think social science
#SciComm is so much harder than other fields. If you constrict evidence for pedagogical reasons in something mind-bending like quantum mechanics, the harm is very contained. The learner won't break quantum mechanics.Show this thread -
4/ But in the social sciences, people are very prone to using scientific evidence as Scientism to support unsupported prescriptions, either at institutional or policy level, or socially. Here, bad scicomm can induce harmful changes in the objects under study!
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.