Osvrt na odnos iscrpnosti informacije i njene pouzdanosti : primjer - zaštita okoliša i promjene klime

Pravdić, Velimir Osvrt na odnos iscrpnosti informacije i njene pouzdanosti : primjer - zaštita okoliša i promjene klime. Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 2007, vol. 50, n. 1-2, pp. 43-50. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

The relationship between comprehensiveness of information and its reliability is reviewed on the example of its use in the discipline of environmental protection, more precisely, in the case of global climate change. This scientific topic is multidisciplinary in character, bordering on technology, economy and sociology. Computerized information search programs yield comprehensive and numerous data. The problem is in the selection criteria applied to assess the reliability of overwhelming numbers of information units. In the discussed example, the reliability of information is difficult to verify, because global climate change is not accessible to experimental verification, a crux of the scientific method. The paper discusses the topic of ideological bias in the selection of information that corroborates the preconceived opinions of a paper’s author. Far-reaching economic decisions are made in this manner, reflecting the majority beliefs of scientists, a position that belongs to the realm of religion, rather than to science.

Croatian abstract

Problem odnosa iscrpnosti informacije i njene pouzdanosti razmotren je na primjeru upotrebe informacija iz zaštite okoliša, točnije, o promjeni globalne klime. Ova je prirodoznanstvena tema multidisciplinarna: granično je područje s tehnologijom, ekonomijom i sociologijom. Iscrpnost informacije nije upitna: suvremeni pretraživački programi daju iscrpne i vrlo brojne podatke. Upitni su kriteriji selekcije pouzdanosti informacije. U navedenom primjeru, pouzdanost informacije teško je provjerljiva jer globalne promjene klime nisu dostupne klasičnoj eksperimentalnoj provjeri, osnovici prirodoznanstvenih disciplina. U članku se raspravlja o ideologizaciji polazišta, upotrebi one informacije koja potvrđuje preduvjerenja autora. Tako se stvaraju osnove za donošenje dalekosežnih gospodarskih odluka, koje su uvjetovane većinskim, politiziranim mišljenjima znanstvenika i, konačno, pristupom problemu, koji uključuje vjerovanje, a to je područje religije, a ne znanosti.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	globalna promjena klime, iscrpnost informacija, pouzdanost informacija, pretraživanje informacija; global climate change, comprehensiveness of information, reliability of information, information retrieval
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information.
Depositing user:	Damir Pavelic
Date deposited:	12 May 2008
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:11
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11521

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