Sugi Week #1: our relationship with science seen from 3 different perspectives

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Our relationship with science seen from 3 different perspectives

YOUTH

#inquiétant

The study on SCIENTIFIC MISINFORMATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS, conducted by IFOP for the Reboot Jean-Jaurès foundations, shows that some young people are increasingly distrustful of science and scientific facts. Nearly 20% of young people aged 18 to 24 even believe that “science brings more harm to humans than good.” Only 6% of young people said it in 1972. Today, conspiracy, relativism and fakenews are realities for some of the youth. And for all profiles. The reason: social networks as the only source of information.

Source:

Jean-Jaurès Foundation

OPEN SOURCE

#stimulant

According to the 2021 edition of the Open Science Barometer (BSO), 62% of the 166,000 French scientific publications published in 2020 were open access in December 2021. That's an increase of 10 points in one year! Some disciplines, such as physical sciences and mathematics, have long been committed to opening up their publications, while others, such as chemistry, are experiencing rapid catch-up processes. And, 57% of clinical trials completed in the last 10 years have publicly shared their results.

Source: Ministry of Higher Education and Research, 28/01/2022

GLOBAL RESEARCH SINCE 1945

#stagnant

According to an article in the journal Nature on the analysis of data from 45 million articles and 3.9 million patents since 1945, global research would no longer be the source of future innovation. In recent decades, although marked by an exponential growth in the volume of new scientific and technological knowledge, which should be conducive to major advances, its “disruptive” nature has collapsed, according to the three American researchers, according to the three American researchers. And that in many areas. They also establish a link between this decline in the spirit of rupture and the reduction in the use of previous knowledge.

Source: Revue Nature Portfolio, Papers and Patents Are Becoming Less Disruptive Over Time, by Michael Park, Erin Leahey & Russell J.Funk, 4/1/2023