Science and Society

Question 1

What is science?

Answer 1

The pursuit of knowledge and understanding, with the goal to develop theories that help us understand how things around us work

Question 2

Old, inaccurate theories can still be example. For example, the laws of _____ is accurate enough for most purposes

Answer 2

physics

Question 3

Why do people think alternative facts are just as good as scientific findings? Why is this wrong?

Answer 3

Scientists disagree all the time, thus they say arbitrary things and by belief is just as good.

This is wrong because scientists still all agree on the fundamentals, they just disagree on the minute details

Question 4

Why would people push non scientific views?

Answer 4

Money, politics, power

Question 5

Alarmist scientists are also bad because…

Answer 5

they can cause distrust in the public

Question 6

What are fringe scientists used for?

Answer 6

Unqualified people dressed as scientists to give an official sounding statement

Question 7

What is FLICC?

Answer 7

5 characteristics of science denial:
F - Fake Experts
L - Logical fallacies
I - Impossible expectations
C - Cherry picking
C - Conspiracy Theories