Why we don’t know basic facts about the world around us? We can’t always resolve delusions with more facts alone, but we definitely shouldn’t give up on facts entirely. People are marvellously varied, and different approaches work with different people in different situations, writes Bobby Duffy.
I once had a fascinating discussion with a government statistician and an academic working on misperceptions. We talked about how wrong people frequently were about the world, and how this had been a long concern for the statistician. When it came to discussion about what we could do, we quickly got to statistical literacy and critical thinking, and the need to start that early, through the education system, as it was too late by the time people were adults. We argued that we needed statistical and news literacy and critical thinking courses that used real-world examples and encouraged children to challenge what they were told. The statistician nodded sadly and said:
“When I was looking at the misrepresentation of statistics and how this affects perceptions, I thought there were three routes to affect change: through changes to the school curriculum, by engaging politicians to use statistics better or by focusing on the media. First I chose trying to change politicians and the media. That will give you an idea of how hard it is to influence the school curriculum.”
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