Season 1, Episode 7
Answer these questions collectively (don't just repeat what someone ahead of you has already said).
How do scientists know what they know? How can they be certain? (These questions relate to Scientific Reasoning and Scientific Explanation)
How is science different from non-science? What examples of each can you cite from the video?
Scientists know what they know by doing studies and experiments and looking at what conclusions can be drawn from them. A good scientist understands what we assume as fact is always up for criticism. For instance what scientists hold as natural laws currently can be disproved tomorrow and they will carry on without blinking an eye. This is what separates science from non-science, the ability to adapt the views of the natural world as new evidence arises.
ReplyDeleteScientists know what they know because of the amount of research they gain from the numerous experiments they do and draw conclusions from this research. They gain assurance from the amount of data they collect. To describe the difference from science and non-science I'm going to compare biology to religion. Biology deals with things that can be seen and tested, no matter how small the subject. In religion, we are told what to believe and think even if we cannot see the subject at hand.
ReplyDeleteScientists know what they do by doing observations and experiments to come to multiple different conclusions which they build off, and continue to learn off of. The differences between non-science and science is that science does not deal with the supernatural or with issues and questions with no material or physical evidence exists. Science is about seeking material causes for material phenomena. An example of non science would be the statement "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", reason being is the statement has an element of subjectivity .
ReplyDeleteScientists know what they know because of all the experiments, observations, theories and conclusions that they make. They are able to gain information from all of their experiments even if they are falsified or not. Science is different from non science in the way that science is an attempt to understand, explain and predict the world we live in. History is an example of non science. History you try to explain what happened in the past but history is classified in the arts subject.
ReplyDeleteIn the instructions you say don't repeat what someone ahead of you said but scientists know what they know by repeating what scientists before them said. They can take experiments and theory's and use them as a baseline for their experiments. If they doubt something they can always test it. That is the beauty of science. It's testable. This can be thoroughly elaborated on or it can be said simply. Scientists know what they know because previous scientists provided them with that knowledge through experiments. How can they be certain? Because they can test it themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe ways that scientists know what they know is through experimentation, observations, interpretations and by studying past experiments. The only way that they can be certain of their findings is through factual determination. They find out if things are really true by discovering evidence that supports their studies. They use the scientific method to determine whether or not their studies are true. And then there is the issue between what is science and non science. From class discussions i have found out that most of the things that I thought were a science really are not. but now that I am more knowledgable on the topic the best ways that I can describe the difference is that sciences are falsifiable, meaning that they can proven false or can be true. Non science deals with more of the supernatural phenomena whereas Science deals with real life factual evidence. Science can be tested where consciences cannot. An example of a science would chemistry or biology. An example of conscience would be religion or astrology.
ReplyDeleteScientists know what they know through the process of repeated scientific experimentation. Through the process of experimentation, scientists gain insights into the natural world by either proving or disproving a theory. This process is known as the scientific method. In regards to something being considered "certain" in the scientific realm, scientists aim to prove things beyond a reasonable doubt. It is for this reason that scientific studies must be falsifiable to be considered scientific in the first place. Since any theory can be tested any number of times by any number of people, confidence can be solidified and new theories can emerge. This is much like how predictability through precedence emerges in the world of Law.
ReplyDeleteThe way that science differs from non-science is that for something to be scientific it must be falsifiable. That is to say that it can be definitively proven wrong. An example of something that is non-scientific from class would be Freudian Psychology. The reason that this is not considered science is because there is always an explanation that can be given by a follower of Freud for any unforeseen happening that might occur. There is no possibility for the theories that Freud developed about the mind to be proven wrong in the eyes of a follower / believer of his work.