health literacy

The awareness and cognitive ability to realize that death is upon you quickly.

She was schooled in health literacy on her deathbed.

by chillithecat July 12, 2022

media literacy

A shitty buzzword thrown around by pseudo-intellectual Reddit and Twitter users when parroting their unoriginal analyses of movies, games, tv shows, etc. that they stole from their favorite E-celeb on YouTube. They use it to insist that the shitty goyslop they consume is more profound than it really is in order to make themselves appear like intellectuals and farm upvotes on Reddit and/or likes+retweets on Twitter from other impressionable retards who read their posts.

A: "If you realized why Ellie let Abby go at the end of The Last of Us Part II, then congratulations on having basic media literacy."
B: "Fuck off you pretentious faggot..."

by wtrbrth March 1, 2024

Scientific Literacy Biases

The collection of biases that arise from having some scientific literacy without sufficient depth, nuance, or contextual understanding—enough knowledge to sound authoritative, not enough to actually evaluate claims properly. Scientific Literacy Biases include: overgeneralizing from one study to universal truth, mistaking introductory textbook knowledge for expertise, treating simplified explanations as complete accounts, assuming one's lay understanding trumps expert consensus, and using scientific-sounding language to lend credibility to unscientific claims. These biases are particularly dangerous because they look like genuine scientific literacy—the person can cite studies, use terminology, reference concepts—but the literacy is just deep enough to be confidently wrong.

Scientific Literacy Biases Example: "He'd read a pop-science book on neuroscience and now thought he could dismiss decades of clinical psychology—classic Scientific Literacy Bias, enough knowledge to be dangerous, not enough to know he was dangerous."

by Dumu The Void March 13, 2026

Scientific Literacy Bias

The specific bias where possessing basic scientific literacy leads one to overestimate their ability to evaluate complex scientific claims, while simultaneously underestimating the expertise required for genuine understanding. Scientific Literacy Bias creates the Dunning-Kruger effect applied to science: the introductory knowledge that makes one feel competent actually masks the vast unknown that genuine experts navigate daily. It's the bias behind "I took biology in high school, so I understand evolutionary biology better than the actual biologists" and "I read a book on climate science, so I can evaluate climate models." The literacy is real—but the confidence it generates is wildly disproportionate to its actual utility for genuine scientific judgment.

Scientific Literacy Bias Example: "His Scientific Literacy Bias meant he thought his single epidemiology course qualified him to critique pandemic response—he wasn't wrong because he was ignorant; he was wrong because his little knowledge made him overconfident."

by Dumu The Void March 13, 2026

Media Literacy

A term used like a slur by Swifties who can’t understand criticism.

Taylor’s new album is meant to be bad, which is why it’s so good! People who think otherwise have no media literacy

by Okarun October 9, 2025

Literary Orgasm

When you read a book, and a big plot twist, or a big surprise happens that makes you go ''Oh my God!''

Taffy: I was reading the seventh Harry Potter,and when I found out that Snape was actually a good guy, I had a literary orgasm.

Jenn: I know! So did I!

by LadyLove66 December 24, 2010

literary masturbation

When someone quotes him or herself.

Yesterday, Brian put his own, apparently funny quote, on his AIM profile. There should be some decency law against literary masturbation like that.

by ricebagg July 28, 2004