Scientific literacy can drive positive change, global cooperation

Scientific literacy can drive positive change, global cooperation
By Quentin Parker

Published in China Daily on November 14, 2021

We live in a bewildering interconnected world of technology and massive data sets underpinned by all the major advances that science is delivering at a rapidly accelerating pace. However, it seems our population is increasingly isolated from a real connection to and understanding of the science and technologies that seem to rule our lives to an ever more pervasive degree. We are evermore reliant and dependent on such technologies (just think of our amazing mobile phones that we sometimes still actually use as a phone) and the underpinning science and data produced in a way that even a decade ago would have seemed ridiculous. Sound and reliable guidance, advice and help in formulating our reactions and choices to the challenges this bewildering, technology-rich environment is presenting are sorely needed. Unfortunately, this often seems elusive, contradictory, remote or hard to understand in everyday terms that most people can relate to. It is far easier to just take all this for granted.

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