BLA2692

1. Only sciences are sciences
===Sciences are not political and politics should not be brought into science. A good example is abortion and how whether or not the babies healthy can decide if a person wants an abortion but politics and society say having an abortion is something bad. If the baby is causing you harm or isnt going to survive then it could be a good decision, politics shouldn't take role in this.===

2. Human sciences are "fuzzy" sciences, but they are still sciences.
When people hear science they think of chemistry and equations and labs. But the truth is, there are many types of sciences. For example, psychology. Psychology may not deal with all the abstract chemistry that other sciences deal with so its looked at as a fuzzy science. Although its not as intellectual it still is a science and deals with its own form of science.

3. Science requires data.
If you are writing an article and have no data to back up your information than it isnt going to be credible. You have to backup your resources with data.

4. Science runs on careful criticism.
Science is made to be criticized. If someone comes up with a hypothesis there will be many people that disagree or give their own opinions.

5. Fight fire with fire, and data with data.
Although some theories might be correct, there will always be a person who wants it to be incorrect and they will find any little detail or flaw they can to make this theory false.

6. There's power in precise terms.
Using bigger and more precise words makes not only the speaker sound better, but it makes the statement sound more mature. Since other scientists know the bigger words, its narrows down the wordy usage and makes the statements more precise.

7. Correlation is not causation.
Just because something matches up doesn't always mean its the reasoning behind it. For example, doctors usually prescribe antibiotics to most patients who are ill, and although it might work on some illnesses, that is not always the way to treat an ill patient. If the patient is sick and is only being treated by antibiotics because it has worked before, it isn't guaranteed to work again.

8. More of something good isn't always better.
More of something isnt always better. For example, having an infant and smothering them all the time doesn't always make it better in the end. The child could grown to always rely on other people or the smothering could halt the brain growth of the child because they werent taught to do things on their own.

9. Beware the plausible, __especially__ if it works.
As given in the example, using a certain method that works once or a few times isn't always guaranteeing it to work times after that. Crossing out the 6's in the multiplication example of 16/64 to get 1/4 may work but if you try doing 8/81 you wouldn't get a correct answer.

10. Lack of evidence doesn't mean it's false.
Just because something is presumed to be false because there isn't enough evidence doesn't mean it is false. There are many times when a theory has been made with no evidence and has been shut down but in the future when evidence arises to make the theory true, people are astounded.