Animals Rule Chernobyl

In week 3, we read a blog article that was published by The Logic of Science from August 2016, called “Are scientists arrogant, close-minded, and dismissive?” This article discusses the occurrence of complaints filed against scientists, and provides logical and rational objections to those claims. It is interesting to note that the author does not identify himself due to the endless assaults toward the provided information in the blog, but strives to teach critical thinking skills to defend science against flawed attacks, and to explain the scientific community and how it works. Overall, this is an interesting articles that urges people to critically think about the drastic differences between a lay person and a scientists. Scientists do spend a great deal of their time and efforts in the field of science, and should be considered knowledgeable. Blatant ad hominem attacks …show more content…
Chernobyl is a perfect example of the problems we face in our futures need for energy. National Geographic did a story on the wildlife of Chernobyl 30 years after the deadliest nuclear disaster in history in the article titled “Animals Rule Chernobyl 30 Years after Nuclear Disaster”. This article discusses the debate amid biologists regarding the number count and health of the animals within the exclusion zone of Chernobyl. Some researchers believe that the population levels of Chernobyl have increased, while others don’t believe it to be possible. However, trail cameras and tracking provides evidence of an increase in animal population, with increased poaching that deflates the real number. Since Chernobyl our countries have seen similar nuclear disasters. The study of wildlife in these areas assists us in understanding the effects to our ecosystems. Nuclear power is not a thing of our past, but a very real proponent for future energy production. Our understanding and engineering of future projects is of the utmost