Falsifiability

In this essay, I will use the scientific method to determine the possible cause for two different scenarios. The scientific method allows a person to go through predictions, develop hypotheses and testing those hypotheses to determine if they are true or not. If the hypothesis proves not true, the next hypothesis testing begins until a proven determination is found. In the first scenario, I went into my kitchen to prepare breakfast for my family. Upon entering the kitchen, I proceeded to get…

Falsificationism Karl Popper asserts that the scientific status of a theory is derived from that theories potential for refutation. Theories outlining experimental results that (if observed) could refute the theory are classified as scientific. Theories that lack this content are classified as pseudoscience. Popper uses this distinction to preface his scientific view: falsificationism. Under this view, science exists as a system through which we can logically falsify theories. This stands as…

It is difficult to describe the concept of scientific realism since there are many different views and variations of what it truly is. Through my research, I have found scientific realism to define as a belief that well-developed scientific theories are undoubtedly true, and that they work to explain the observable and unobservable aspects of the universe. There are many disagreements that center around whether scientific realism is plausible or not. I disagree with the idea of scientific…

Would you want to know your future, of the future of society and be powerless to change it? The Arrows of Time by Greg Egan discusses this very question, explaining the physics that enable this technology along the way. I was intrigued by the ethical problems posed in the book, as well as the self-consistent science that made this conflict possible. Although the science explanations sometimes go overboard with fine details, each explanation serves a purpose in accelerating the plot. Egan uses…

Davy’s Journey Towards Electromagnetism During the early 1800s, scientists made observations that were tested repeatedly and then were seen as fact. Until 1820, electricity and magnetism were believed to be separate branches on the tree of science. Once others believed that idea it became cemented in to the scientific community. However, Humphry Davy was a chemist whose determination and experimentation overturned that idea. Despite obstacles, Oersted’s and Davy‘s experiments changed his peers’…

When dealing with scientific studies, investigation is nonetheless of the key concept that is being used to analyze. When dealing with a particular topic that requires investigation, the scientist needs to take into consideration all variables. In other words scientific investigation is basically the way scientists test all variables and concepts to obtain an explanation for the desired concept. Scientific method is the procedures that a scientists will use when conducting an…

Scientists are human too. Einstein is seen as a genius, but even a man like him deals with everyday problems like any other person. He had his own set of morals and values. In the film Einstein: The Birth of God’s Equation informs the viewers with a better understanding of how Albert Einstein grew as a person and the impact he had on the field of Physics with his development of God’s Equation. In the article “Physicists Are Philosophers, Too” by Victor J. Stenger, James A. Lindsay, and Peter…

How society defines an artist differs from one person to another. An artist is anyone how has the ability to use their creativeness to express themselves. In present time, society drew a fine line between art and science to distinguish the indistinguishable. The idea of which technology is a form of cheating that is available for artist is nonsense. Art and science intertwine regardless of all efforts to separate the two. After watching Tim’s Vermeer (2013) documentary film, I was astonished by…

Greene’s YouTube video highlights and fights against what is real and what is not. His ideas are based on science and nothing more than what the brain is capable to do. Also, what the brain is not able to do and that we also don’t know about. According to him what is real and what is not is based on perception, Greene’s intentions in ‘Perception – The Reality Beyond Matter’ Illustrate a certainty of which path most people want in life and it brings a general idea of a realistic path everyone…

After reading and referring to the two articles that were provided, in my opinion I think the Daubert Standard is the best for Florida. The best cases are known to thrive from scientific evidence that can be used in court and deemed to be very important in these cases. Most judges and lawyers are not technically trained (education, work experience, or knowledge) of the evidence in a particular field such as Forensic Science. The decision to involve expert witnesses in a case can provide…