Plucked from The Web May 2019
These are some of the interesting things I have been reading online:
It is of great interest to me how to philosophically underpin everyday scientific practice, because I believe that a lack of epistemological base can mess with the validity of scientific approaches.
I have often been struck, when talking to scientists, by the influence that Popper seems to have among them. I would go as far as saying that, in many scientific fields, falsificationism has become the official philosophy of science. It’s drummed into the heads of scientists when they’re in graduate school …
I’m guilty as charged, but willing to learn!
Models, maps, and citizen scientists working to save the Great Barrier Reef
This is a huge planet of ours, and professional scientists will never be able to survey all its environment on their own. Citizen science can make a valuable contribution when the citizen scientists are well trained and make a honest effort.I’m myself involved in a citizen science effort with People and the Sea in the Philippines.
“Citizen scientists, professional scientists, the tourism industry, indigenous communities, multiple sectors of our society are interested and invested in understanding the changes coral reefs are facing,” said Manuel González-Rivero with the Australian Institute of Marine Science.