Science and Observation notes
What is Science?
From the Latin "scientia," meaning knowledge
Science is the systematic and organized inquiry into the natural world and its phenomena to gain a deeper and more useful understanding of the world.
Science is done through observation of natural phenomena, and/or through experimentation that attempts to simulate natural processes under controlled conditions.
Science is not absolute eternal truth - it provides theories that are usually not provable only disprovable.
Scientific Process
Observe and ask questions
Create a hypothesis
Make predictions
Test predictions and gather data by observational study, field or controlled experiment.
Analyze and interpret data
Draw conclusions; starting point for new hypothesis
Communicate
Retest; generally done by others
Observation
Observation is instinctive.
We constantly take in information and assess the world around us.
Is it safe to cross the road?
Are the cookies done enough to take out of the oven?
Observation involves the acquisition of information through senses and/or instruments
Observation involves perception and attention – you are the easiest person to fool
Observation can involve recording of data
Qualitative data - absence or presence, descriptive
It is so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.
Quantitative data – measured numerical values
It is 110°F at 1:00pm on July 10, 2020.
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I like this description/definition of Science better than the one last evening that Tia shared. This one I can get my head around much better, while Tia's made me wonder if those with anti-science policial agendas would use Tia's to justify their beliefs.
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