BIOL 1107L Oreske TED Talk Questions Dr. Oreskes’ TED Talk video/audio questions

BIOL 1107L
Oreske TED Talk Questions
Dr. Oreskes’ TED Talk video/audio questions
1. According to Dr. Orekes the scientific method is not a sufficient
reason to say that science has its roots in truth. Why?
2. How do scientists decide what is right and wrong?
3. How do scientists know they have reached a consensus?
4. Why is it important that a consensus be reached?
5. Why is it a good thing if it turns out a scientific paper is wrong?
6. Why isn’t the fact that scientific paper is wrong evidence that
science is inaccurate?
7. Why is it that nothing in science is “an article of faith”?
8. What does science continually do that prevents an “article of
faith” from arising?
9. Give an example of when a scientific consensus changed.
10. In her TED Talk Dr. Oreskes discusses how trusting our cars is the
same reason we should trust scientists, what connection is she
making between trust in cars and trust in scientists? In your
answer discuss how automobiles became more reliable, and who
was responsible for this evolution. Also discuss how this applies to
science and the development of a scientific concensus.
Created by SCM 6/29/2022

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