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Module 4: Scientific Values & Technology - Coggle Diagram
Module 4: Scientific Values & Technology
Quotes
"Scientists are generally conservatives and reluctant to change in scientific knowledge"
"science is a history of corrected mistake"
"the science of today is the technology of tomorrow"
Science
Facts
based on evidence
both knowledge and a process
amendable to falsification
bases on logic and evidence and not on faith
very useful
science is ongoing
does not make moral or aesthetic decisions
Technology
Process that starts with a need and ends with a solution
Practical use of science to solve problems or invent tools
Using knowledge to solve problems and/or improve the quality of life
Example of Technology
Printing Press
Steam Engine
Transport, Telephone
Agriculture
The crude stone tools in the Paleolithic
Technology as a Process
Identifying a need or a problem coming up with a solution and working towards it.
Analysis and Evaluation of potential solutions
Aesthetics of the product
Value decisions
How ethical or not