PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ad Hominem, Scientific Method, Germ Theory Of Disease
9 Aug 2018
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The attitude of science: field of science. We are civilisation based on science whereby our population could not exist without the advances science has made in health and agriculture. Surely everyone should understand science well and respect its findings: reality is that ignorance of science abounds, therefore you cannot expect everyone to be a receptive as yourself when discussing scientific views. Science is effortful for everyone and while there are some (cid:494)easy to mock(cid:495) pseudoscience out there, almost everyone is a sucker for. Deeper understanding of science will reveal how it is a system something. founded on probabilities. Science succeeds better than any other system of thinking ever created, but it does not result in ultimate truths. Generally, if something can be tested with an experiment, science can have a strong view on it. This is why science succeeds when it comes to medicine, materials, chemical reactions, and biology: different ways we acquire knowledge.
