Copyright © 2024 by Fred Duckworth
At X__________ Online Christian Academy we teach students it's relatively obvious and almost goes without saying that science is all around us—from the technology we use in our everyday lives, to diagnosis we might receive in hospitals, to explanations inevitably given to us at auto repair shops, etc.—and this is the reason why we deem science important enough to learn in school.
After all, it would be a good idea to have at least enough scientific knowledge, understanding and competence to be able to make informed decisions regarding the science-related issues we encounter in life—whether it has to do with taking a car in to be repaired by an auto mechanic, understanding how the medication prescribed by a doctor is supposed to affect our bodies, or knowing why it is more likely to rain the next day than it is to set record-high temperatures.
This is especially important since there are bound to be times when we are presented with statements, practices or beliefs that are
said to be factual and scientific, but are in truth, lacking in evidence or the appropriate application of scientific methods.
One needs a
minimum level of scientific sophistication to recognize when this is happening (not to mention the necessity of knowing enough science to be able to compete globally in whatever science-related aspects of college or career opportunities might come your way).
Indeed, when it comes right down to it, it's foolishness and folly to blindly
trust the "experts" because in point of fact, the vast majority of experts are, by and large, no smarter than you or me. For example, unless they personally conducted their own groundbreaking research, doctors are simply people who believed, memorized and are subsequently repeating whatever fodder their instructors fed them in (medical) school, just like all the rest of us.
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