Are you scientifically literate?

[Provost Harrison]

48/50 here...not bad considering how long it is since I studied Although the latter version isn't telling me which ones I got wrong which would be interesting to know.

[Az]

This is some really dumb trivia, though. There was at least one question I easily deduced, without knowing **** about the material at hand. And as I have already said, this is not really scientific literacy, IMHO.

[Lorizael]

I'm curious to know what people's ideas about scientific literacy are. How would you define it?

[loinburger]

"Define the scientific method in 500 words or fewer."

[Az]

"Define the scientific method in 500 words or fewer."

not bad at all, although this kind of definition would reflect poorly on my own percieved level of literacy

[Aeson]

I'm curious to know what people's ideas about scientific literacy are. How would you define it?

Able to do the math and look up facts and formula when needed...

People who still think trivia matters are just luddites who don't understand the power of search engines. (**** you Alex Trebek )

[DaShi]

"Define the scientific method in 500 words or fewer."

Wash, rinse, repeat.

[DaShi]

I'm curious to know what people's ideas about scientific literacy are. How would you define it?

http://www.wikipedia.org/

[Lorizael]

Wikipedia's article on scientific literacy is actually pretty terrible.

[loinburger]

The discussion page probably has several paragraphs on how the article does not have a neutral point of view because it doesn't incorporate starving artists' views on scientific literacy

"What if F doesn't equal ma? You ever thought of that????? "

[Ben Kenobi]

Given his propensity for bull****, I would assume his claimed score is bull**** too.

Wasn't it you who expressed surprise that I was doing actual research with actual primary sources? I posted my result quite some time ago.

If you can't accept that I did quite well, that's your problem, not mine.

[Ben Kenobi]

The discussion page probably has several paragraphs on how the article does not have a neutral point of view because it doesn't incorporate starving artists' views on scientific literacy

Wow, you'd think science majors *never* edit wikipedia.

[loinburger]

I tend to assume that unemployed or underemployed liberal arts majors have much more Wikipedia-editing time than do employed science majors.

[Ben Kenobi]

I tend to assume that unemployed or underemployed liberal arts majors have much more Wikipedia-editing time than do employed science majors.

So you're saying that Wikipedia since it is edited by unemployed starving artist liberal arts majors is an unreliable source?

Or is it that unemployed starving liberal artists do such a good job of writing articles that they have established wikipedia as very reliable?

Which is it?

[loinburger]

A bifurcation fallacy from the illustrious "pedophilia doesn't count if it's perpetrated by Catholics" Ben Kenobi? Well I just don't know where to begin!

Oh wait, I know: I'm saying that liberal arts majors are dumbasses.