Rationalia VS the Abuse of Science

Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Rationalia > Contrast > Abuse of Science in Politics
 

 Language Impacts Thought

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis > Example/Illustration > Example of How Language Affects Thought
Example of how language biases the way we think in science.

 Science and Xenophobia

Solving Xenophobia > Conclusion > Science is a Multi-National Culture
Science knows no nations.

 Conversation is Anti-Science

Popular Science Shuts Down Comments > Additional Support/Evidence > Conversation is the Nemesis of Scientific Thinking
Subject to hearsay and unverifiability, casual conversation unravels scientifically established ideas.

 Science and Religion

Why Science and Religion are Irreconcilable > Contrast > Appreciate the Beauty of Wrong Ideas
Irreconcilable, but that does not make one wrong?

 Dyson Spheres

Dyson Spheres > Summary > Dyson Spheres
Original quote from Freeman Dyson and a summary from Carl Sagan.

 Scientific Semantics Versus Public Semantics

Science Manipulates Language to Make it More Precise > Example/Illustration > The Difference in How the Public and Scientists Use "Theory"
Science works from existing language and makes it more specific. This causes problems with words like "velocity" and "theory" when communicating with muggles.

 Science Must Learn from Chinese History

Science Cannot have Creeds > Example/Illustration > Chinese Cultural Innovations Turned to Ritual
The Chinese were an incredibly advanced civilization, with writing, printing presses, and medicinal knowledge, but their discoveries turned to rituals without understanding or new growth. If science education becomes ritual, through rote memorization, it will suffer the same fate. Science is a process, not a body of knowledge.

 Science as a Candle in the Dark

Science as a Candle in the Dark > Similarity > Discoveries Open Doors to More Discoveries
Diderot and Davy both use the metaphor that Carl Sagan uses for his book and Asimov also references.

 Ancient Knowledge at the Library of Alexandria

Alexandria's Promise of a Brilliant Scientific Civilization > Example/Illustration > Ionian Science
What fantastic ancient knowledge was lost with the destruction of the Library of Alexandria? A survey of Ionian Science gives us some hints.