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Science and Pseudoscience

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology”

Carl Sagan

Does this mean we can’t tell the difference between science and pseudoscience any more?

Should we care? What do we mean by

“Pseudoscience” anyway???

Science and Social Responsibility Nuclear Science

In what ways have scientists had negative impacts on the world?

Is it the fault of individual scientists?

Was Einstein responsible for Hiroshima?

Science and Social Responsibility Cloning / Genetic modification

Was it wrong to create Dolly?

How do we measure whether cloning results in more harm than good?

Can today’s scientists be held responsible for what future generations do with today’s scientific discoveries?

Science and Social Responsibility When good is turned to bad…

How can we stop knowledge from being used for the wrong reasons?

Examples?

Once we have a certain piece of knowledge, we can never “unknow” it…..

The Great Global Warming Swindle – Lessons to be learned: Check the reputation of your sources! Compare a number of sources to see if

there is correlation or contradiction Be careful how you quote – don’t quote

out of context as examiners are bound to spot it!!!

Listen for fallacies – what sounds “smooth” initially, may well be one of those fallacies we looked at in our Reason lessons!