• Question: why is science considered one of (or the most) important subject? why not subjects such and english literiture, the way society acts or the history of the world?

    Asked by to Aled, Ellie, Fiona, Kev, Willem on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Kevin Arbuckle answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      I guess that’s because science can be used to understand everything else. Science is not so much a ‘subject’ as a way of thinking about problems and answering questions. It is about understanding the world around us (including people and other living things). So science gives us the foundation to learn about whatever we want

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      Aled Roberts answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Hey trxpicaldonutgo! (what a name!)

      This is my opinion but I think it is because science looks at the future… the unknown… what we need to know to advance our species, whilst the other topics you mention look at the past, things we already know (almost). It is just about science though… In science we are fought to be critical of facts, are they real? we are taught to look at facts and determine if they are fake… or if they are representative… Science isn’t just Bio/Chem/Phys but a way of working almost!

      Hope that helps 🙂

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      Willem Heijltjes answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Hi trxpicaldonutgo!

      I agree with the Kevin and Aled – science teaches you to find the *reasons* behind how the world works – and this means you know how to make things work for you!

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      Eleanor Parker answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Hi trxpicaldonutgo
      I think it’s because science looks in all directions and is about moving knowledge forward. I also agree with Kevin and Aled, science isn’t just learning facts about things, it’s also about a way of thinking. A way of looking at things critically and weighing up evidence. Also science is basically all around! Learning science helps you in the real world.
      And it’s cool 😉

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      Fiona Heesen answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      Hi trxpicaldonutgo!

      What an interesting question! You have had some great answers from the other scientists, so I will just add my opinion as well. I actually don’t agree that science is the most important subject. I think all those subjects have validity and can be important for any number of things! For example, I am a social researcher concerned with the way society interacts with technology. So while I have a technology component (which could be classed as a science subject) I am more concerned with how humans behave in society and what that tells us about how society develops and responds to changes (like environmental change, economic change and so on). I work with other technology experts that fill in the blanks when it comes to the science aspects, but my specialty area is understanding how society works. I think that all subjects can potentially teach us things that are very useful. We can learn to think creatively in subjects like art and english literature, be critical of facts and learn about them ourselves in subjects like science and also social based courses like human geography, and we can learn about how cultures develop and what implications that has for future societal change in courses like history or sociology. This is solely my opinion, but I think all subjects can be very useful and it is when we can bring different experts together (from science, history and so on) that we can really learn about the world 🙂

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