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The most important aspect of Science is totally misunderstood.

The most important aspect of Science is totally misunderstood. This is the fact that it is the only philosophical construct devised by mankind to decide with any degree of reliability what is actually true.

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The most important aspect of Science is totally misunderstood.

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  1. The most important aspect of Science is totally misunderstood.

  2. This is the fact that it is theonly philosophical construct devised by mankind to decidewith any degree of reliability what is actually true

  3. I hope we can agree that we are honour-bound to teach children how to decide whether what they are being told is true…or false

  4. I would argue that this is the most important thing we should teach children

  5. In popular usage the word "science" may not fully convey its most important aspect – that it is the only philosophical construct devised by mankind to determine truth with any degree of reliability.

  6. Whatever you think about the issues addressed here, surely one thing on which I hope we can agree is that we should teach our children how to recognize what is definitely true and what is or may be false among all the things that they are told! I would argue that this is the most important thing we should teach and that a "scientific" attitude to absolutely everything we are told is a prerequisite.

  7. The main issue about science is that it is totally misunderstood. In popular usage the word "science" may not fully convey its most important aspect – that it is the only philosophical construct devised by mankind to determine, with any degree of reliability what is true, might be true, can be true and what, most importantly, cannot be true! Obviously truth is universal, and cannot vary from country‑to‑country or planet‑to‑planet. Truth assumes that an experiment always behaves exactly the same way and no mystical entity tampers with the observation ‑ i.e. praying will not affect the result! Truth is an "intellectual integrity" issue and thus "science education" is fundamentally an ethical issue.

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