BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stone Age, Dracunculus Medinensis, Food Spoilage

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Midterm and exam will include questions dealing with assigned readings. Science issues a big part of your life make informed decisions. Test your conclusions in several ways: magic, superstition. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)rai(cid:374)"s default (cid:373)ode is (cid:862)(cid:373)agi(cid:272)(cid:863: we are convinced we are right. Find some facts to fit those conclusions. Avoid testing or challenging your conclusions: survival mechanism. Quick decision-making in dangerous situations: this type of thinking slows progress. Developed in last 150 years: collect facts, draw conclusions based on those facts, test your conclusions in several ways. This type of thinking speeds progress: grounded in reality. In canada, as of 2009, the average life expectancy is 81. 2 y/o. We have one of the highest standards of living in the world. There is a longer life span and improved quality of life: world average is 66 y/o. Low, but still almost double than throughout most of human history.