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After reading the material on Science and Evolution, please, answer the following questions: On Evolution Explain why thinking that "Evolution results in progress; organisms are always getting better through evolution" is a misconception

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After reading the material on Science and Evolution, please, answer the following questions:

On Evolution

1. Explain why thinking that "Evolution results in progress; organisms are always getting better through evolution" is a misconception.
2. People may say that " humans are not currently evolving". Whys is this incorrect?
3. Explain further the idea that indicates that all of life is related and can be divided into three major clades, often referred to as the three domains. How does that relate to the common confusion indicating that "humans didn't come from monkeys (Links to an external site.)"?

On Science

1. After reading (and understanding) our working definition of science (Links to an external site.), please, propose your own understanding of science. Tell us what has been your experience with science so far. Does your experience relate to our definition? Why or why not?
2. Review the proposed science checklist (Links to an external site.). Apply the checklist to one of the following pseudoscientific proposals: Flat earth (Links to an external site.);  Ancient Astronauts (Links to an external site.); Body memory (Links to an external site.);  Detoxification; Law of attraction.  (Links to an external site.)Tell us how do these hypotheses square in relationship with common scientific understanding and why.
3. Read the short article "The Psychology of the Pandemic Deniers (Links to an external site.)" by N. Ghaemi. Based on what you know about science so far, what is your position? (Please, avoid political statements).

 

Reminder: 200 words answers for each question + one response to a peer.