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[[File:Dave in the pub.jpg|alt=Dave in the pub|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Dave, in the pub.]] | [[File:Dave in the pub.jpg|alt=Dave in the pub|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Dave, in the pub.]] | ||
'''Information can be true or false. Information that tends to be true is information based in scientific fact. Information that tends to be false is anecdotal like your friend Dave at the pub''' (See '''Figure 1''')'''.''' Everyone trusts their sources differently (Dave might actually be a rocket scientist!) but it's VERY difficult to tell if people are just making shit up. To make this process easier, there is a [[Referencing|cheat sheet]], based in science which everyone can use to point them in the right direction. Other than that there are a series of techniques called Critical Analysis which can help you figure it out for | '''Information can be true or false. Information that tends to be true is information based in scientific fact. Information that tends to be false is anecdotal like your friend Dave at the pub''' (See '''Figure 1''')'''.''' Everyone trusts their sources differently (Dave might actually be a rocket scientist!) but it's VERY difficult to tell if people are just making shit up. To make this process easier, there is a [[Referencing|cheat sheet]], based in science which everyone can use to point them in the right direction. Other than that there are a series of techniques called Critical Analysis which can help you figure it out for yourself. | ||
==Critical Analysis Techniques== | ==Critical Analysis Techniques== | ||
[[File:Hierarchy of Sciences.png|alt=Hierarchy of Sciences|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Hierarchy of Sciences]] | [[File:Hierarchy of Sciences.png|alt=Hierarchy of Sciences|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Hierarchy of Sciences]] | ||
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|<small>~ '''Ernest Rutherford''', a man who is considered the father of nuclear physics.</small> | |<small>~ '''Ernest Rutherford''', a man who is considered the father of nuclear physics.</small> | ||
|}As everything is made of atoms, it is arguable that every science is essentially a child of physics as physics is based on the most elementary particles, using the most elementary form of analysis, mathematics. This can be depicted in a hierarchical sense ('''Figure 2''') the further down the hierarchy you move the more complex and multifaceted the science becomes. For instance a mathematical proof of the Higgs Boson is provable by mathematics, whereas in social sciences because | |}As everything is made of atoms, it is arguable that every science is essentially a child of physics as physics is based on the most elementary particles, using the most elementary form of analysis, mathematics. This can be depicted in a hierarchical sense ('''Figure 2''') the further down the hierarchy you move the more complex and multifaceted the science becomes. For instance, a mathematical proof of the Higgs Boson is provable by mathematics, whereas in social sciences because there are so many interlaced factors it is more difficult to get to the absolute root cause. | ||
Primarily, the information we consume should be unbiased and as factual as possible ('''Figure 3'''). The closest and most abundant source of this are scientific journal articles. Articles go through an approval process, the editor receives an article then sends it out to other scientists, who provide feedback and recommend whether the paper should be published. This practice only became a requirement by most journals in the 1970s and ’80s and reduces poor science by: | Primarily, the information we consume should be unbiased and as factual as possible ('''Figure 3'''). The closest and most abundant source of this are scientific journal articles. Articles go through an approval process, the editor receives an article then sends it out to other scientists, who provide feedback and recommend whether the paper should be published. This practice only became a requirement by most journals in the 1970s and ’80s and reduces poor science by: |