MENTAL MAP
Science
Scientific method
1. Purpose state the problem
2. Research. Find out about the topic
3. Hypothesis. Predict the outcome to the problem
4. Experiment. Develop a procedure to test the hypotesis
5. Analysis. Record the results of the experiment
Science attempts to describe the facts as they are.
Discard facts, produces new facts and explains them
Is analytic.
Empiric or factual science
Technology
IPhones
GPS
Bluethoot
Wifi
Social and human science
Sociology
Economy
History
Natural science
Biology
Chemistry
Fisics
Formal science
Logic maths
Science is knowledge about the structure and behaviour of the natural and physical world, based on facts that you can prove, for example by experiments.
Science fiction
The time factor is important
It doesn't need to be proved
It isn't analityc
It isn't real for the moment but in a future it could be
Robots humans
Powerfull weapons
Robot feeling
Robot thinking
Cars flying
Science fiction is something than nowadays is impossible that it happens, but it could be possible in the future when the tecnology advance.
Pseudoscience
Features
They believe on immaterial or supernatural forces
They support theories that don't provide empirical evidence
It can't be proved by a scientific method
Examples
Witchcraft
Astrology
Tarot
Definition
Pseudoscience is a practice which is presented as scientific, but it isn't a valid scientific method.