Cheryl Baker
Introduction to Natural Science
January 30, 2017
Unit 3 Discussion
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Controversy in science is healthy. It involves disagreements on how we should interpret data, over which ideas are supported the best by the evidence that is available, and what ideas are worth further investigation. It compels scientists to carefully examine data and perform additional research to help scientific study progress. And as stated in the text, controversy “is an essential part of the process of science”.
Controversy in our daily lives is something we don’t especially want or ask for, but it is always there in the important decisions we must make; education, job prospects, marriage, kids, buying a house. There are always arguments for not …show more content…
In my own experience only one example would come to mind. I had a friend who was acting very strangely. She was pulling herself away from our group of friends, being very standoffish. This was not a normal behavior for her at all. We all had our own guesses, theories, of what was causing this behavior. Of course none of us were correct in our assumptions. When we realized she had been suffering from a previous personal loss, we were all very loving and supportive of our friend.
There are 3 characteristics of scientific theories. A scientific theory must summarize a hypothesis. It requires a lot of data and observations that have been accumulated over a period of time so it can continue to be tested. Finally it has to be reviewed by peers for validation.
Crop circles were discussed in the video of Michael Shermer, TED Talk. In using the science checklist to see if in fact these crop circles involved science, the following occurred:
• Focuses on the natural world – crop circles do not include components of the physical universe.
• Aims to explain the natural world – crop circles are an attempt to convince people that aliens have landed on earth and left these designs in farmer’s fields. Science is not the central goal of crop circles.
• Uses testable ideas – there is no technological method to test the validity of these …show more content…
This segment highlighted the work of Rene Gifford, director of the Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory at Vanderbilt University, and Allyson Sisler-Dinwiddie, audiologist. Allyson suffered from hearing loss as a child, but a car accident left her with a total loss of hearing. Determined not to let her disability deter her, she became a recipient of a cochlear implant herself. She was amazed by the increase in hearing that she had now compared to the limited hearing she had as a child with hearing
Introduction to Natural Science
January 30, 2017
Unit 3 Discussion
A.
Controversy in science is healthy. It involves disagreements on how we should interpret data, over which ideas are supported the best by the evidence that is available, and what ideas are worth further investigation. It compels scientists to carefully examine data and perform additional research to help scientific study progress. And as stated in the text, controversy “is an essential part of the process of science”.
Controversy in our daily lives is something we don’t especially want or ask for, but it is always there in the important decisions we must make; education, job prospects, marriage, kids, buying a house. There are always arguments for not …show more content…
In my own experience only one example would come to mind. I had a friend who was acting very strangely. She was pulling herself away from our group of friends, being very standoffish. This was not a normal behavior for her at all. We all had our own guesses, theories, of what was causing this behavior. Of course none of us were correct in our assumptions. When we realized she had been suffering from a previous personal loss, we were all very loving and supportive of our friend.
There are 3 characteristics of scientific theories. A scientific theory must summarize a hypothesis. It requires a lot of data and observations that have been accumulated over a period of time so it can continue to be tested. Finally it has to be reviewed by peers for validation.
Crop circles were discussed in the video of Michael Shermer, TED Talk. In using the science checklist to see if in fact these crop circles involved science, the following occurred:
• Focuses on the natural world – crop circles do not include components of the physical universe.
• Aims to explain the natural world – crop circles are an attempt to convince people that aliens have landed on earth and left these designs in farmer’s fields. Science is not the central goal of crop circles.
• Uses testable ideas – there is no technological method to test the validity of these …show more content…
This segment highlighted the work of Rene Gifford, director of the Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory at Vanderbilt University, and Allyson Sisler-Dinwiddie, audiologist. Allyson suffered from hearing loss as a child, but a car accident left her with a total loss of hearing. Determined not to let her disability deter her, she became a recipient of a cochlear implant herself. She was amazed by the increase in hearing that she had now compared to the limited hearing she had as a child with hearing