AGRI 1005 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Master Of Laws, Phenotype, Bes
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Study guide for exam #1 important terms and concepts. For web and text readings, know only the major ideas/points! What is science? (chapter 1 introduction, assignment 1, powerpoints, web readings, browse pinker/wieseltier) In the popular mind, and certainly in school, science is [mistakenly!] thought to be something other than a method for correcting our mistakes-namely, a source of ultimate truth. (n. postman, the. Science proceeds with most certainty when hypotheses are falsified by empirical tests (mistakes are corrected). Science is not a path to ultimate, certain truth but a means by which closer and closer approximations of natural processes and phenomena are obtained. Scientists make arguments supported by empirical evidence, but there is no recipe book! The scientific method is an idealized picture of what scientists do: scientific method/hypothesis testing is an important part of science. Analyze and interpret the results of the test.
