BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Triple Test, Stone Age, Bronze Age

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

Document Summary

Most reliable information on web: pharmaceutical company websites regulated, government websites. Fda technical information: university websites (courses, scientific journals. Science: collects data, then draw conclusions based on those facts, then double or triple test those conclusions in severely different methods. Magic: through reasoning draw conclusions you want, then find facts to support those conclusions. Human brain"s default mode is magic : we are convinced we are right (draw conclusion, find facts that fit that conclusion, avoid testing) This is a survival mechanism (quick decision making in dangerous situations: this type of thinking slows progress. Concept of science is new: developed in last 150 years. Test your conclusions in several ways: this type of thinking speed progress grounded in reality. In the past it was very philosophical (reasoning based society) Life expectancy (2009): know numbers for exam whole numbers not decimals. Swaziland lowest 31 years lower than the stone ages.