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JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES
卷 35, 期 4, 页码 507-514出版社
INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-010-0057-8
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Biased literacy; illiteracy; natural history museums; rational thinking
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- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [CGL2005-02217, CGL2009-08943]
It appears that developed countries, such as the US, the UK and Italy, are losing the race against irrationalism and arbitrary thinking in regard to nature and human interactions. The incidence of misguided beliefs and the detachment from and, in some cases, outright hostility toward science are on the rise. Paradoxically, this is probably the period in the history of advanced countries in which increasing public and personal efforts have been directed toward the dissemination of scientific knowledge to increase public understanding of science. This article vindicates the role of natural history museums in consolidating rational and critical scientific thinking while briefly examining scientific illiteracy in developed countries. It also discusses methods to improve the involvement of natural history museums in the promotion of rational thinking, the only appropriate avenue for objective knowledge.
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