BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Swarm Behaviour, Sampling Error, Natural Science

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Physical science: be haves the exact same way if increased temp, allows the ability to see patterns. (deduction: makes a statement that works for the whole living world ) Laws is only used in physical science never in natural science (laws are universal) Single theory (single falsification is enough to abandon a theory) More than physical and chemical laws (genetics) Based on historical narratives (seen as no value) Multiple theories (single falsification not necessary to abandon a theory) (e. g. food competition (giraffe long necks to eat leaves top of tree, sexual competition (females were eating at same height. Long necks were to fight with, long to force and swing. ) How (proximate cause: crops dying how to fix it insecticide and crops live) or why (ultimate cause: insects get resistance and ask why did it become like this. ) *both law and theory are both trying to explain something.