Ideas

Ideas

1. Hypothesis

   • expected results
     • Actual Results
       • may
         • oppose
         • make new
         • support
   • Ideas
     • exploration and discovery
       • making observations
         • extending and refining our basic senses with some tools
       • asking questions
         • Science can only answer in terms of natural phenomena and natural processes
       • sharing data
       • studing literature
         • to make connections between ideas and observations, and to figure out which questions can be fruitfully tackled with available tools
       • finding inspiration
         • Discoveries, new questions, and new ideas are what keep scientists going on
       • The early stages of a scientific investigation
     • Benefits
       • new technologies
         • we have complex devices like cars, X-ray machines...
       • build knowledge
         • Ideas that we fully accept today may be rejected or modified in light of new evidence discovered tomorrow, so they build knowledge everyday
       • solve problems
         • science give us important background knowledge to inform our decisions
       • shaping society
         • it does give us a "how-to" manual for reaching the outcomes that we decide we want
       • satisfy curiosity
         • all the activities provide the satisfaction of finding an answer that makes sense of all the facts
       • Scientific knowledge allows us to develop new technologies, solve practical problems...
     • community analysis
       • publication
         • The scientific community has roles as fact checker, visionary, whistleblower, and cheerleader but it needs trusted information about the work of community
       • replication
         • repeat a study using methods equivalent to the original's and obtain similar results
       • discussion
         • Most scientific work also involves reviewing other scientists' articles for journals, teaching...
       • feedback and preview
         • provides assurance that someone who knows what they're doing has double-checked it...
       • theory building
         • A well-supported theory may be accepted by scientists, even if the theory has some problems
       • new ideas
         • coming up with a fruitful idea to explain a previously anomalous observation frequently leads to new expectations and areas of research
       • the community evaluates ideas, makes new ideas, erase false ideas and motivate other scientist
     • an evidence-based line of reasoning
   • or theory