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Still Dreaming of the Day...

Explore the importance of science literacy and its impact on democratic engagement in our society.

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In my opening post, I spoke of a dream of mine:

I dream of a day when, basic scientifically educated conversation will be heard at any dinner table alongside conversations about politics, entertainment, music, literature and all of those other wonderful things.

I have this dream for several reasons, but one main practical concern about the prevailing (and seemingly growing) science-illiteracy of our culture is that fact that we live in a world which is dominated by things scientific. So many of the tools we use everyday, and -more importantly perhaps- the air we breathe, food we eat, water we drink, and several other inevitable aspects of our lives, are connected to science in some way - these things are all altered in some way by society's actions, and controlled by its science and technology. But yet people are happy to leave to others those decisions about the science that ...

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