ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Eutrophication, Empirical Evidence, Falsifiability

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

Document Summary

N and p from agricultural runoff eutrophication excessive nutrients blooms of algae, plant like organisms (phytoplankton) bacteria respire hypoxic. Key idea: reality is observable, predictable, and understandable. Empiricism: knowledge is derived from sense experience, thus, observable measurable. Testability - a scientific claim must be measurable against reality. Reproducibility - given the same condition, a repeat of a test must produce the same results, regardless of whom is performing the test. Falsifiability - a scientific claim must survive attempts to disprove its truth. This is why science, as a means for understanding our world is so powerful. Values and biases are always present, though usually minimized, sometimes however. Monsanto wants to sell alcohol in canada. Environment canada scientist: have doubts, it is carcinogenic, should be removed. Monsanto: the possibility of risk is not an issue lol because you can get money. Male scientist: dominant male maintains troop cohesion. Because they only looked at the males.