Artigo selecionado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja
Your Scientific Reasoning Is More Flawed Than You Think
New concepts don’t replace incorrect ones: they just learn to live together
It takes longer to accurately recall counterintuitive theories.Image: iStock / Frank Ramspott
In one sense, science educators have it easy. The things they describe are so intrinsically odd and interesting — invisible fields, molecular machines, principles explaining the unity of life and origins of the cosmos — that much of the pedagogical attention-getting is built right in. Where they have it tough, though, is in having to combat an especially resilient form of higher ed’s nemesis: the aptly named (if irredeemably clichéd) ‘preconceived idea.’ Worse than simple ignorance, naïve ideas about science lead people to make bad decisions with confidence. And in a world where many high-stakes issues fundamentally boil down to science, this is clearly a problem. /.../
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