Meaning of infowhelm | Babel Free

Definitions

An overwhelming abundance of contested scientific information.

uncountable

Examples

“Artists entangle epistemologies by turning scientific information into a representational device in its own right. That is, information becomes a distinct aesthetic element and a space of interpretive activity that diagnoses infowhelm—and, in some cases, even reproduces it—and experiments with ways of managing it.”

“If a change in our diet can potentially modulate the individual impact of glucotoxicity, can another semiotic regime remedy infowhelm?”

“How can society overcome the paralysis caused by “infowhelm” and denial? As with most complex challenges, one size does not fit all.”

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