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minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up107·23 days agoI feel like media literacy is more useful for preventing this crap than a scientific education would be, though both help to some degree.
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·23 days agoI would argue the latter is a good way to learn the former
minus-squareDroggelbecher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·23 days agoYep, maths and science are only partially about learning maths and science. The even more important purpose is learning critical reasoning skills, which is a requirement for media literacy.
minus-squareZyansheep@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days agoSpecifically epistemology and concrete notions of degrees of truth and how truth is approximated by science.
I feel like media literacy is more useful for preventing this crap than a scientific education would be, though both help to some degree.
I would argue the latter is a good way to learn the former
Yep, maths and science are only partially about learning maths and science. The even more important purpose is learning critical reasoning skills, which is a requirement for media literacy.
Specifically epistemology and concrete notions of degrees of truth and how truth is approximated by science.