POL 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Big Science, Not Fair, Natural Resources Canada
20 Apr 2016
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A set of processes that can be applied to understand the natural world. Not the only form of knowledge (philosophy, religion, cultural etc. ) Science carries cultural authority (science has authority, when they pronounce something it should be listened to) Science literacy is decreasing causing problems for people who don"t understand it. Within this idea of democracy, we suggest that all important public decisions should be made by everyone. If those experts aren"t elected, decision making might not be valid. To understand environmental problems we have to turn to science. Most environment problems can be understood through a scientific lens. Politics is decision making about values vs science: tells us the way the world is. Politicians make decisions about what we should do regarding the world. Politicians make decisions based off information provided by scientists. The separation on our values and the way we see the word. It divides it into a rational division of labour.
