The unevenness of knowledge distribution in modern society has profound social and political implications. Through more careful attention to contextualization, translation, and self-assessment of specialized knowledge such as science, audiences might be assisted to acquire the type of knowledge which is necessary for them to become not just potentially informed but actually knowledgeable on such subjects.
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