Nielsen Kristian H, Sørensen Mads P
Aarhus University, Denmark.
Public Underst Sci. 2017 Apr;26(3):385-392. doi: 10.1177/0963662515600967. Epub 2015 Aug 27.
This commentary argues that we need to take ignorance and non-knowledge seriously in the fields of science communication and public understanding of science. As much as we want ignorance to disappear, it seems that it is here to stay-in the sciences and in the rest of society. Drawing on the vast but scattered literature on ignorance and non-knowledge, we suggest that paying closer attention to these phenomena could be beneficial for science communicators. Despite the fact that ignorance and non-knowledge, just like knowledge, today are highly politicized fields, they may also open up for new lines of inquiry and may be key to more pluralistic and equal democratic deliberation about science and technology.
本评论认为，在科学传播和公众对科学的理解领域，我们需要认真对待无知和未知。尽管我们希望无知消失，但它似乎会一直存在——在科学领域以及社会的其他方面。借鉴关于无知和未知的大量但分散的文献，我们认为更密切地关注这些现象可能对科学传播者有益。尽管事实上，无知和未知如今与知识一样，都是高度政治化的领域，但它们也可能为新的探究方向开辟道路，并且可能是就科学技术进行更具多元性和平等性的民主审议的关键。
