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KNOWLEDGE OF ENTROPY or ENTROPY OF KNOWLEDGE

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  OECD PISA (OECD Program for International Student Assessment), which is widely discussed in Turkey with the results of its exams defines scientific literacy as follows in its framework study [1] in 2015:  "Scientific literate person  evaluates evidence and data, scientifically. She/he behaves according to the  scientifically explaining and questioning of a natural or technological event.  Scientific literacy does not require being a scientist or an educator in any discipline. As stated in the definition, it requires being able to speak with the method of science, as a "conscious citizen". This is, of course, the main educational problem. If scientific literacy is not acquired in basic education;  the ease of accessing information sources  drives science enthusiasts into the error of speaking in scientific terms whose meanings they don't understand, and establishing a lot of incorrect analogies between everyday life and scientific theories.  The most popular of thes