Science & Technology

Between pages 45-52, Sagan states the characteristics of science. Enlist which is the main idea of each paragraph. After each idea, explain, in your own words, what that idea refers to.

• Science isn’t completely right all the time. By this statement, Sagan tries to make us realize the fact that no science is always exact. There will always be a certain margin of error.

• Every experiment comes from imagination but follows a certain order. Before any experiment, there has to be a general idea that conducts it and ideas come from imagination.

• Science is capable of correcting itself. Since it has an order, once there’s a mistake, it can be easily corrected.

• In every scientific process there will always be error. However, thanks to it, there’s opportunity to learn from these mistakes.

• Hypotheses are essential to learn from errors since once the experiment is over; you can prove it right or wrong.

• Don’t believe everything that is told to you. Science will help us realize if it’s the truth.

• Discoveries aren’t always clear at first sight. There are many factors affecting our understanding. It would be easier if everything was more comprehensible to our eyes.

• Science is not against religion. The thing is that it studies more profoundly the same aspects involved in religion.

• Beliefs can be challenged by science especially since they can be easily proven wrong with a logical and rational scientific explanation.

• Science doesn’t have prohibitions. Its main goal is to explain anything that hasn’t been cleared out before. Therefore, science is unlimited.

• Scientific processes might seem confusing and disorganized. Given that so many people are involved in this type of procedures, science may not be as organized as