اهمیت ترویج علم درکاهش شبه علم دردوران کووید 19

نویسندگان

1 دانشیارمرکز تحقیقات سیاست علمی کشور

2 دانشجوی دکتری علوم ارتباطات اجتماعی

چکیده

ترویج علم دربردارندة طیف وسیعی از فعالیت‌ها از جمله پذیرش، درک و مشارکت همگان در علم است که هدف مشترک تمامی آنها کاستن فاصله میان علم و عموم مردم است. هدف این مقاله بررسی اهمیت ترویج علم در کاهش شبه علم در دوران کووید 19 است.
در این مقاله از روش مطالعه اسنادی استفاده شده است. با شیوع همه‌گیری کووید 19 در جهان، بیش از گذشته اهمیت علم و ترویج آن در نزد جهانیان به منظور کاهش شبه علم افزایش یافته است. در این دوران بار دیگر، بشر برای کشف واکسن کرونا، به علم، دانشمندان و متخصصان چشم امید بست. با توجه به اینکه، یکی از اهداف مهم ترویج علم مبارزه با خرافات و شبه علم1 است، تفکر انتقادی یکی از ابزارهای مبارزه با شبه علم محسوب می‌شود.

کلیدواژه‌ها


عنوان مقاله [English]

The Importance of popularization of Science in the Decline Pseudo-Science in The Covid 19 Era

نویسندگان [English]

  • Akram Ghadimi 1
  • Bahareh Safavi 2
1 Associate Professor NRISP
2 Phd student of Social Communication Sciences
چکیده [English]

The popularization of science involves a broad range of activities, including the acceptance, understanding and participation in science that common goal it of bridging the gap between science and the general public. The aim of this paper is to investigate the importance of popularization of science in reducing pseudo-science in the Covid 19 period. In this paper, the method of documentary research has been used. With the prevalence of Covid 19 in the world, the importance of science and its popularization in the world to reduce pseudo-science has increased more than ever. Once again, humans relied on science, scientists, and experts to discover the corona vaccine. Considering that, one of the important goals of popularization of science is to fight against superstition and pseudoscience, critical thinking is one of the tools to combat pseudoscience.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Science
  • Science Popularization
  • Pseudo-science
  • Critical Thinking
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