The Geosci Motherload
The Geosci Motherload
Unit 1 - Science!
|1. |The US government, and most other governments of the world, provide support for scientists but not for astrologers, palm readers, or telephone |
| |“psychics”. Why do governments support scientists? |
| |A. |
| |Scientists are amazingly sexy, and government functionaries simply cannot control themselves in the presence of such overwhelming sexiness and |
| |throw money at the scientists (sometimes tucking tens and twenties into the pockets of the scientists’ …show more content…
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| |E. |
| |Scientists learn the Truth, and governments are always deeply committed to learning the truth. |
| | …show more content…
In looking at a painting, we can ask different people what they think, or we can make up our own mind on whether we like it or not, and that is perfectly valid. In science, we have to ask: does the idea fit with the way the world works? Can I predict the speed of a falling object better using Newton's ideas or Aristotle's? As it turns out, Aristotle’s ideas didn’t predict things very well, and Newton’s did.
|[pic]|Points Earned: |1/1 |
|Correct Answer: |B |
|Your Response: |B
Unit 1 - Science!
|1. |The US government, and most other governments of the world, provide support for scientists but not for astrologers, palm readers, or telephone |
| |“psychics”. Why do governments support scientists? |
| |A. |
| |Scientists are amazingly sexy, and government functionaries simply cannot control themselves in the presence of such overwhelming sexiness and |
| |throw money at the scientists (sometimes tucking tens and twenties into the pockets of the scientists’ …show more content…
|
| | |
| |E. |
| |Scientists learn the Truth, and governments are always deeply committed to learning the truth. |
| | …show more content…
In looking at a painting, we can ask different people what they think, or we can make up our own mind on whether we like it or not, and that is perfectly valid. In science, we have to ask: does the idea fit with the way the world works? Can I predict the speed of a falling object better using Newton's ideas or Aristotle's? As it turns out, Aristotle’s ideas didn’t predict things very well, and Newton’s did.
|[pic]|Points Earned: |1/1 |
|Correct Answer: |B |
|Your Response: |B