SCIENTISTS

Unlike other Professions, Scientists accept that they do not know

Table of Contents

Introduction2

Discussion2

Science Basics2

Science and Uncertainty3

Science as Experiment-Based or Evidence-Based4

Scientists vs. other Professionals4

Criticism on Scientists6

Public reviews about Scientific Evidences7

Overview of scientists on Uncertainty7

Conclusion7

References9

Unlike other professions, scientists accept that they do not know

Introduction

Scientific explanations are dependent on evidences and scientists always collect facts. The nature of science is that it is uncertain as all the questions cannot be answered with absolute certainty. In science, even widely accepted theories can be challenged by further evidences. This intrinsic uncertainty of science makes scientists derided by media and politicians although scientists, unlike other professionals openly accept that they do not know 100 percent of theories which rely on facts and figures. The gap between scientists and common people about this uncertainty should be made clear and visible as changing state of results is the distinguished quality of Science.

Discussion

Science Basics

By definition, Science is the examination, analysis, classification, description, experimental exploration and unproven elucidation of natural facts. As in many areas of our lives, the field of Science has also certain rules and regulations for its applications and usage. The scientific methods are the principles and procedures considered compulsory for the thorough investigation. These procedures consist of interrelated steps. The first and essential step includes the set of basic assumptions that should be justified by the scientific methods. Next step is to observe the objective reality that lies beneath the assumption and is either governed by natural laws or not. The next step is that natural laws can or cannot be revealed by methodical observations and experimentations. The belief of science is that it looks for a profound perceptive of what the hypothesis is about and whether it is correct or not. Generation of a model occurs after the observations of the phenomenon. This is a methodical effort to illustrate the observation in terms of mathematical, logical or physical representation. Then to enlighten the assumptions, hypothesis is made. Now the hypothesis is tested and experimented, if the hypothesis is proved false, then it is either modified or discarded. Once a hypothesis has survived experimentation, the framework of scientific theory adopts it. Scientific theory is a sensibly reasoned model for relating a specific phenomenon in a much broader view. While performing the experiments, some outcomes may have a preference over others. These outcomes can be accomplished by cautious and proper experimental designs and detailed peer review of the investigational results as well as conclusions (Griswold, n.d, p. 1-2). Science and Uncertainty

Science by its nature relies on different scientific theories and laws. These theories are empirical and are always open to falsification by presenting and performing new evidences and experiments. For this reason, no theory is ever believed strictly true, as science accepts the idealistic law that humans could be incorrect about their beliefs, values or understandings about certain assumptions and theories. In other words, it means that the theories validated today may require modification or can be withdrawn in the light of additional opinions and experiments (Nath, ...