Sentences with phrase «society value science»

And there are deeper concerns, too: Should society value science highly?

Typo in a previous post of mine: «We already see this true in Europe in which their science and math education along with a society valuing science has created unprecedented numbers of non-believers *»

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It's an investigation into the value society places on introverts and the science that makes us more or less outgoing.

A hopeful society has institutions of science and medicine that do not cut ethical corners, and that recognize the matchless value of every life.

Again, value - judgments are less directly involved in the details of work in the natural sciences than in many other fields; in the social sciences, for example, a scholar's work is more strongly affected by his views of the nature of man, his values and goals, and his perspective on society.

While Platt puts his faith in the resourcefulness of the sciences to solve human problems, he highlights the importance of the value question at least implicitly by his insistence on the necessity of reordering the priorities by which we as a society invest our talents.

Modernity is represented by three forces - first, the revolution in the relation of humanity to nature, signified by science and technology; second, the revolutionary changes in the concept of justice in the social relations between fellow human beings indicated by the self - awakening of all oppressed and suppressed humans to their fundamental human rights of personhood and peoplehood, especially to the values of liberty and equality of participation in power and society; thirdly, the break - up of the traditional integration of state and society with religion, in response to religious pluralism on the one hand and the affirmation of the autonomy of the secular realm from the control of religion on the other».

If I interpret the prospectus of the CMC correctly, the objective of the CMC namely to «impart to men and women an education of the highest order in the art and science of medicine and to equip them in the spirit of Christ for service In the relief of suffering and promotion of health», that is, the idea of a combination of training in professional skills, moulding the technically trained in a culture of human values and motivation, equipping them to utilize technology to serve «with compassion and concern for the whole person», the people especially the weaker sections of society, and giving spiritual reinforcement of that culture by the «spirit of Christ» and the motto «Not to be Ministered unto but to Minister» derived from him, goes back in tradition to the founder herself (Prospectus MBBS Course p. 5).

Society is built on abstract ideas, science, and technology, not a moral code of values and ethics.

With its festival atmosphere and a panel of judges from the worlds of venture capital and communications as well as science, the Skolar Award contest also expresses a somewhat subversive notion: that researchers need not only to discover important new knowledge, but also to convey it beyond the lab and readers of scientific journals so that society at large can understand it, value it, benefit from it, and support it.

A voice for science and scientists everywhere, AAAS fulfills its mission to «advance science and serve society» by communicating the value of science to the public, helping governments formulate science policy, promoting advancements in science education and diversity, and helping scientists develop their careers.

Scientific organizations partnering with the March for Science are stressing the need for scientists to connect more directly with policymakers and the public both now and in the future to build support for science and explain its value for sScience are stressing the need for scientists to connect more directly with policymakers and the public both now and in the future to build support for science and explain its value for sscience and explain its value for society.

Yet while some of the hype was exaggerated, many aspects of the Higgs real value to science and society went un - or understated.

Often ethics in science teaching is primarily connected to internal scientific values as opposed to moral values in relation to science and the rest of society.

Sullivan said she is most concerned about the «apparent decline in society's confidence in science as an enterprise of special value to society and of scientists as respected and trustworthy people.»

In the process, the inventors themselves bring recognition to the value of innovation, serving as living examples of what an inventor can accomplish in terms of solving problems that confront society, as well as advocating for the support of innovation through prerequisites such as strong STEM education and sustained government funding of science and technology.

He cited the serious negative impact that misuse and misinterpretation of P values has had not only on science, but also on society.

Lydia Villa - Komaroff, a molecular and cellular biologist and co-founding member of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos / Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, underscored the value of basic research, noting that her work studying strains of infection - resistant bacteria led to a discovery that «made it possible to make insulin and other treatments in bacteria.

Scientists frequently lament the scarcity of effective scientific communicators — those who can explain complex concepts to the public, present scientifically sound alternatives to policy - makers, and make cogent arguments for the value of science to society.

«Science adds significant value to the economy and society so to see it prioritised alongside school infrastructure, fast transport links and new houses is very positive,» said Paul Hardaker, chief executive of the Institute of Physics in London, in a statement.

Slotten's timely and well - written book reminds us of two important facts of modern life: that a society that can not uphold the values of science will not be able to benefit from it; and that a science that can not address the values, needs and questioning of society and inspire its support will lose its public patronage.

Strengthen and broaden public understanding of the value of parks for science and science for parks and society by building on the positive public perception of national parks;

«The ECS fully endorses the March for Science's non-partisan, non-violent, educational, and diversity goals and encourages its members to adhere to these values as they get involved in one of the numerous marches taking place throughout the world,» reads a statement on the society's website (more than 8,500 members).

In their letter, the science - society CEOs, presidents and executive directors also emphasized the value of science and technology to society.

«While the public is still broadly positive about the contributions of science to society, there has been a slight rise in negative views across a number of measures, suggesting some softening in the perceived value of science to society.

«Recognizing our shared values of awe at the universe and desiring the good of society helped provide me with a starting point for conversations concerning faith and science.»

Around the world, individual researchers and representatives of scientific societies are signing letters of protest or advice, offering to counsel Trump's transition team and ramping up efforts to communicate the value of science to the public.

Understanding how much society values those future people should be an influential component of climate policy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

The Public Information Committee (PIC) is the outreach arm of the Society, promoting science outreach as a core value of ASCB and its members.

The Academy is the leading organization in Ohio to foster curiosity, discovery, and innovation and to unite all who value education, science, engineering, technology, or their applications for the benefit of society.

It was also agreed that research assessment and evaluation should reflect the values of an organization and that these should include the quality and reliability of research output, but contributions to teaching, open science, peer review, and activities that impact society more broadly should be criteria for judging researchers.

It is the mission of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) to improve cancer patient outcomes by advancing the science, development and application of cancer immunology and immunotherapy through our core values of interaction / integration, innovation, translation and leadership in the field.

Robert Winston, doctor, writer, broadcaster and professor of science and society at Imperial College London, spoke in the Central Feature Theatre in a seminar focusing on «Learning Values».

Similarly, although society's insufficient STEM career pipeline is one good reason to bring computer science into schools, focusing narrowly on preparing the younger generation for coding careers could have major limits, given that many of these jobs may not exist or be as valued in the future.

While this means making sure they develop the thinking skills and content knowledge associated with the core subjects of English, math, science and social studies, it also means ensuring that students have the skills, attitudes and values that will allow them to use this education to succeed in an increasingly complex society.

In Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs, Science deputy news editor David Grimm explores the changing status of cats and dogs in our society, from their wild origins to their current status of the most loved and valued animals on the planet.

These standards for the resulting American Humane Certified program were built upon the internationally accepted values of the Five Freedoms, adopted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, as well as input from animal science experts, veterinarians and other animal husbandry specialists.

David Titley, a retired Navy rear admiral and former Oceanographer of the Navy, has written perhaps the best overview of the value NASA Earth science provides to society and why more such work is needed, not less:

in my humble opinion, the literacy problem is with elementary, middle and high school science education and society's valuing «cool» over intellect (e.g. considering a «nerd» uncool), and valuing faith / emotion over reason.

And, as I've said before, his engagement clarifies that while science paints the general picture of the causes and consequences of climate change, it is values and circumstances that will largely shape what societies do, or don't do.

Seeger is a huge fan of science, and likes to quote Alfred North Whitehead's 1916 lecture describing how societies that do not value «trained intelligence» are doomed.

Steven E. Koonin, once the Obama administration's undersecretary of energy for science and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much ascience and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much aScience is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much ascience, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much as data.

The overarching science question guiding this Grand Challenge is «how will a warming world affect available fresh water resources globally, specifically in the food basket regions, and how will it change human interactions with these resources and their value to society?»

And policymakers have potentially the greatest opportunity to add tremendous value for society by investing in basic science, applied R&D, and long - term markets to support and advance CDR systems, from potentially creating an «ARPA - C», to further incentivizing and mandating the monitoring, reporting and verification of different bio-carbon ecosystem restoration approaches, from «carbon farming» to «forestry.»

This newsletter discusses the publishing of rivers climate change indicators for the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, engineering design values for Island Health, progress on the development of the Climate Tool for Engineers, new partnerships with the Blueberry Council of BC and the Comox Valley Regional District, a paper on projected changes to summer mean wet bulb globe temperatures led by Chao Li, a Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society article on extreme wildfire risk in the Fort McMurray area by Megan Kirchmeier - Young, a staff profile on Dr. Gildas Dayon, the PCIC Climate Seminar Series, a welcome to doctoral student Yaheng Tan, the release of PCIC's 2016 - 2017 Corporate Report, the release of a Science Brief on snowmelt and drought, the publishing of Climate Change Projections for the Cowichan Valley Regional District and State of the Physical, Biological and Selected Fishery Resources of Pacific Canadian Marine Ecosystems in 2016, as well as peer - reviewed publications since the last newsletter.

The principal one is that science should be used by democratic societies to enable free & reasoning people to recognize and give proper effect to the best available evidence in deciding * for themselves * what sorts of policies, reflecting whatever balance of interests best fits their own values, will achieve the ends they prefer.

Political expediency causes a tragic corrosion of the public sphere, a loss of debate, and ultimately the loss of the value of research and science to society.

The psychological value of the films as a tool to teach youth about climate change has been discussed at meetings of a number of prominent institutions including the National Education Association, EPA, National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, Ecological Society of America, the National Science Teachers Association and the North American Association for Environmental Education — groups that are embracing the use of the films to change the pedagogy of teaching about climate change.

Dressing political arguments up in scientific terminology risks the value of science being lost to society — its potential squandered for an edge in a political fight.

... But the AMS, which is a scientific society comprised of about 12,000 atmospheric scientists who mainly specialize in weather and have disparate views of climate science, erred in honoring such a lightning rod of controversy, despite the tremendous value his research has been to the scientific community.