EARTH 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Megalosaurus, Falsifiability, Hypothesis
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The scientific study of fossils to better understand prehistoric life and evolution. A unique science at the crossroads of geology and evolutionary biology. Provides some very unique insights into our understanding of life: megalosaurus. All birds are dinosaurs: the scientific process. A set of logical and empirical methods that provide systematic explanations of natural phenomena. Has demonstrated time and time again that it provides one of the best ways to understand the world. But it doesn"t apply to all questions and it has more authority in some realms and less in others: the scientific method. Self-correction, compared to other systems of knowledge. Isaac newton- optical physics, gravity: the scientific method: four steps. Hypothesize: a reasonable explanation for the observation. Predict: what are the other implications of the hypothesis. Falsifiability: hypotheses and the predictions they make must be capable of being proven wrong. If not the case, it is not a scientific hypothesis: scientific theory.
