A comment on education.
Category - The Healthy Sceptic
Mark
Take care with percentages
Proportional change can be misleading, so here we have a short reminder of the need to take care when thinking about percentages.
The tale of the elephant
There are many reasons for scientific research, from product development to saving the planet; all are justifiable to a degree, but sometimes the objectives get a little out of whack and affect the science. Here is an...
Avoid confusion over important terms
Nature includes biodiversity and biodiversity helps deliver ecosystem services while conservation assigns value to some of the components. How sure are you of the meaning of these technical terms?
Food requirements if affluence slows
Scientists are human too or so it is said. But unlike most of the customers in the local pub, they tend not to criticise outside of their discipline. Here we look at why that is a problem.
The best is the enemy of the good
When the good is good enough it might be better to run with it than wait for the best to appear. When time is short it can be the only option.
Do we need questions or answers?
Some politicians seem to think that asking the question holds the moral high ground. To them, it doesn't matter that answers require actions.
Should teachers know the settled science?
According to the latest education research, teachers are overworked, underpaid, and overwhelmed by the need to know the settled science.
When the science is precise, but nothing happens
Certain types of scientists get to stand next to the politicians—objectivity supplied by the majority is ignored
Scientific agreement is nowhere near enough to convince John Doe
Good satire is excruciating; it should make you squirm. It is a shame that this is what it takes to get our attention…
