NATS 1760 Midterm: Midterm Exam Review (2010-2011)
16 Oct 2011
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Exam is out of 100 points: basics (complete 5 of 7 questions) - 20 points (4 points for each question) Week 2: the social dimensions of science and technology. There are controversial incidences involving science and technology. By invoking our personal insecurity and feelings, we start to forget the basic of society norms. As citizens, we often forget our own limits. Therefore, we forget how to draw information from real experts. Kleinman argues that technology is embedded in societal values and technoscience is political. Fuller kuhn and popper: a case of mistaken identities. Political questions and technical questions are confusing society for each other. Idea that involves valued conflicts are used to settle political disputes. The ideal sense of solving societal issues is to have different opinions of experts from different fields of study. However, some issues require a combined force of experts to solve such issues. Experts from different communities draw boundaries that give these experts a sense of.
