CJUS-3099 Lecture 1: Science is a service of man
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25 Jul 2022
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Science is an objective study of nature and its law. It is the most useful quest of man. It has proved to be a faithful friend of mankind. Its great services in the fields of agriculture, industry, medicine and travelling are amazing. It has increased human comfort with its vast range of inventions. It urges man to discover new secrets of the universe. It is an unending source of human struggle. A man of science is just a student of nature and derives his inspiration from science. Man has to toil throughout his life to meet the needs of life. He has to face the odds and dangers of life. It is a science that has helped man to make a safe home for him. Now the services of science is even more wonderful than the wonders of magic. Now there is no need to live in the caves or the underground holes.
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Question 1
Evolutionary algorithms are used:
In engineering, to arrive at solutions by going through many permutations of possible solutions and allowing them to evolve. |
A genetic feature of complex organisms. |
A process undergone by the human brain, which is similar to evolution by natural selection. |
Another term used for a computer algorithm in general. |
Question 2
Human literature and languages can be studied using methods similar to those used for constructing phylogenies because:
There is no other way of studying these things. |
Languages evolve roughly along the lines of species, with mutations (changes in words and pronunciation), descent with modification (languages becoming more different along the way), and branching of languages (languages giving rise to other languages that are similar to them). |
Because literature and languages are constructed by organisms (human beings), so what applies to one must apply to the other. |
Languages undergo a process of word swapping, which is analogous to horizontal gene transfer. |
Question 3
The degree to which horizontal gene transfer occurs in eukaryotes is:
Something upon which the entire validity of evolutionary biology hinges. |
A mystery that may or may not disprove evolution, but we simply don't know enough about it at this point. |
Something that would overthrow the notion that this phenomenon is important in bacteria. |
An interesting and potentially important aspect of biology with relevance for how evolution occurs, but not something that would call it into question one way or the other. |
Question 4
Learning about the history of scientific theories and the reasons for why they are initially accepted or rejected is important mostly because:
It makes for exciting story telling, and this is very much needed to get people interested in science. |
It teaches us about the process of science as it actually occurs, which is somewhat different to the idealized notion of a purely objective undertaking. |
It tells us which theories are definitely true or false. |
It tells us that science is actually a totally subjective process that tries to present itself as objective. In reality, personal subjective factors are the only relevant factors that really matter in science. |