The Scientific Community's Great Weakness
The scientific community, as vast as it is, has a problem at its core. The culture of academia, the universities responsible for the lion-share of our modern-day research, is changing. And not in a good way.
Hydroxychloroquine - A Case Study on Poor Science Communication
Pandemics are marked by the prevalence of a disease across a large population, including a global population. In fighting diseases, our greatest tool of offense is science and our greatest tool of defense is science communication. Yet the leadership of the United States has expressed open disagreement with our nation’s scientists and continued to push solutions that do not have the backing of science. What are the ramifications of this behavior on our society?
Changing Course: Improving Interest in STEM
The way we teach our children underestimates their potential. Curricula and standards of communication today need to be improved in a way that addresses foundational sciences first in order to meet the challenges that children require to stimulate their curiosity.
Will Science Become Obsolete?
I came across an interesting set of theorems from a mathematician - Kurt Gödel - called Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems and it led me to asking if there are limits to science that would eventually lead to its obsolescence. Let's explore.
The Socratic Method in Society
Talking to each other has become fairly difficult, yet it is the only way to be societal. Yet another case where two sides exist.
Pseudoscience in the Hospital
Pseudoscience is cancerous. Basing practices on ineffective, but believable studies is no different than preying on those whom are easily influenced.
Accessibility
Many have not heard of science communication, although those same people may know science communicators. Their importance lies in how accessible they make science to the public.
The Science of Gender and Sex
It is hard to believe that science could be used to discriminate, when science itself is built on observation. We should turn our attention, then, on the people who believe they are preaching good science, when they are actually communing with knowledge that has been updated.
The State of Healthcare
There is a fundamental healthcare problem in the Untied States. However, the problem is not that we are mismanaging wealth. It is that we are aware of the significance of efficiency, yet fail to care about it.
The Human Precept
We can't stop dreaming. We should be pushing our potential to its limits. Even if that means breaking rigid molds.