Comments on: Where are all the awesome "Scientific Method" slides? http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Matt Deckard http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866823 Matt Deckard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866823 I always liked this one: http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/comics/2007-01-15-science-vs-faith.png I always liked this one:

http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/comics/2007-01-15-science-vs-faith.png

]]> By: bobsthinktank http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-867079 bobsthinktank Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-867079 I've used this in a class before, from a pretty hilarious (but out of print) '84 book by Tom Weller (scroll down for the bit on the scientific method): http://www.besse.at/sms/smsintro.html I’ve used this in a class before, from a pretty hilarious (but out of print) ’84 book by Tom Weller (scroll down for the bit on the scientific method):

http://www.besse.at/sms/smsintro.html

]]> By: potnik http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866824 potnik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866824 We bought this for our son: http://www.etsy.com/listing/54370938/scientific-method-every-baby-knows-it?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=scientific+method&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title We bought this for our son:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/54370938/scientific-method-every-baby-knows-it?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=scientific+method&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

]]> By: ChibiR http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866825 ChibiR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866825 I actually like the slides presented here. But then again, I like well-done minimalism, so yeah. I actually like the slides presented here. But then again, I like well-done minimalism, so yeah.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-867600 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-867600 Master of scientific visualization of data http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/ Master of scientific visualization of data
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866834 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866834 I agree: the main problem with everyone having access to the tools of graphic design is the fallacy that you need to pretty things up with pictures and colours. If you wouldn't put it on your walls, why would you put it on a slide? A well-designed text-based presentation with <i>select</i> images and graphics is a pleasure for your audience. Perfect your uses of text and layout and you can pretty much do anything. Having said that, I like what I've seen here. I agree: the main problem with everyone having access to the tools of graphic design is the fallacy that you need to pretty things up with pictures and colours.

If you wouldn’t put it on your walls, why would you put it on a slide?

A well-designed text-based presentation with select images and graphics is a pleasure for your audience. Perfect your uses of text and layout and you can pretty much do anything.

Having said that, I like what I’ve seen here.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-867603 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-867603 There is no scientific method. Or rather, there are as many methods as their are scientists. The basic idea is to make an argument based on evidence that can be reproduced and falsified. Beyond that, it's a jungle. There is no scientific method.

Or rather, there are as many methods as their are scientists.

The basic idea is to make an argument based on evidence that can be reproduced and falsified.

Beyond that, it’s a jungle.

]]> By: gumption http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-868117 gumption Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-868117 Ah, that is one of my favorite PHD Comics! Another one, which I believe is relevant in this context (at least with respect to a visualization of how science [news] really works), is the Science News Cycle: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1174 Ah, that is one of my favorite PHD Comics!

Another one, which I believe is relevant in this context (at least with respect to a visualization of how science [news] really works), is the Science News Cycle:

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1174

]]> By: TheAntipodean http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866848 TheAntipodean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866848 I usually use PhDComics "The Actual Method" which nicely contrasts what we should be doing, versus what actually happens... sigh... http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=761 I usually use PhDComics “The Actual Method” which nicely contrasts what we should be doing, versus what actually happens… sigh…

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=761

]]> By: fencesitter http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866865 fencesitter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866865 I'm sure They Might Be Giants has something that can help....*searches "scientific method they might be giants"* okay, it's 8-bit retro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kf51FpBuXQ Not only are the they fun visuals, but it's an catchy enough tune too. I’m sure They Might Be Giants has something that can help….*searches “scientific method they might be giants”* okay, it’s 8-bit retro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kf51FpBuXQ

Not only are the they fun visuals, but it’s an catchy enough tune too.

]]> By: Henry H. Bauer http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-874038 Henry H. Bauer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874038 There is no "scientific method" that is used by all scientists in all fields. Over time and under criticism, relatively reliable consensual knowledge emerges, with never a final certainty; see the "knowledge filter" model in my book, "Scientific literacy and the myth of the scientific method" There is no “scientific method” that is used by all scientists in all fields. Over time and under criticism, relatively reliable consensual knowledge emerges, with never a final certainty; see the “knowledge filter” model in my book, “Scientific literacy and the myth of the scientific method”

]]> By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866882 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866882 You know, there's a whole profession based around "using a pretty font": typographers. I think these slides are fine, design-wise. You know, there’s a whole profession based around “using a pretty font”: typographers. I think these slides are fine, design-wise.

]]> By: Dave Ng http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-867187 Dave Ng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-867187 Not a correction. Just another (better) hypothesis! Not a correction. Just another (better) hypothesis!

]]> By: pfh http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-867237 pfh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-867237 This one covers some important points: http://cowbirdsinlove.com/46 This one covers some important points:

http://cowbirdsinlove.com/46

]]> By: tzaraat http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866983 tzaraat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866983 A small correction needs to be made to one of the slides: http://imgur.com/QtZo9.jpg A small correction needs to be made to one of the slides: http://imgur.com/QtZo9.jpg

]]> By: Rob Knop http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866763 Rob Knop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866763 Here's what I wrote on the scientific method a few years ago: http://scientopia.org/blogs/galacticinteractions/2007/03/08/my-take-on-the-scientific-method-basic-concepts/ It includes a messy flowchart that's my visualization of the scientific method. (The "theory" box is bigger than it ought to be, because the context of this was a talk about science and religion trying to explain that "theory" in scientific jargon doesn't mean "speculation".) Here’s what I wrote on the scientific method a few years ago:

http://scientopia.org/blogs/galacticinteractions/2007/03/08/my-take-on-the-scientific-method-basic-concepts/

It includes a messy flowchart that’s my visualization of the scientific method. (The “theory” box is bigger than it ought to be, because the context of this was a talk about science and religion trying to explain that “theory” in scientific jargon doesn’t mean “speculation”.)

]]> By: Dave Ng http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866768 Dave Ng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866768 Just had an idea. If you do have an awesome scientific method slide and/or plan to make one (plus you have a Flickr account), maybe you can tag the visual with "awesomescientificmethod" and we can build a small collection? Just had an idea. If you do have an awesome scientific method slide and/or plan to make one (plus you have a Flickr account), maybe you can tag the visual with “awesomescientificmethod” and we can build a small collection?

]]> By: thefish http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866773 thefish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866773 The slide is great but the phrase 'reason why' is redundant. The slide is great but the phrase ‘reason why’ is redundant.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866775 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866775 My visualisation for the Scientific Method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Feyerabend_Berkeley.jpg Yes, that is a philosophy of science joke. There is also a serious point behind it. My visualisation for the Scientific Method:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Feyerabend_Berkeley.jpg

Yes, that is a philosophy of science joke. There is also a serious point behind it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-867800 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-867800 http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/fakescience/ http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/fakescience/

]]> By: Dave Ng http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866777 Dave Ng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866777 Thanks! Peer review has already started. Thanks! Peer review has already started.

]]> By: MelSkunk http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866787 MelSkunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866787 Well my early morning mind feels that I now need to draw rabbits in lab coats. Thanks. Well my early morning mind feels that I now need to draw rabbits in lab coats. Thanks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866788 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866788 If you look at the left-hand side of Wellington Grey's science v. faith flowcharts, it might satisfy a little of what you're looking for. http://nanothoughts.blogspot.com/2007/02/science-vs-religion-flowchart.html The right-hand side is a bit snarky, but I'm not going to say it's inaccurate. If you look at the left-hand side of Wellington Grey’s science v. faith flowcharts, it might satisfy a little of what you’re looking for.

http://nanothoughts.blogspot.com/2007/02/science-vs-religion-flowchart.html

The right-hand side is a bit snarky, but I’m not going to say it’s inaccurate.

]]> By: Swizzlebat http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866794 Swizzlebat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866794 You could certainly do a lot worse than Clarendon and Gill Sans for typeface choices! The flowchart in Gill is particularly fine. You could certainly do a lot worse than Clarendon and Gill Sans for typeface choices! The flowchart in Gill is particularly fine.

]]> By: ssd http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866797 ssd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866797 Science educators are *trying* to move to a more sophisticated and less linear notion of science. I'm a big fan of the "how science works flowchart" at "Understanding Science" [<a href=http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/scienceflowchart">Dynamic Science Flowchart</a>] flash object [<a href="http://undsci.berkeley.edu/flowchart_noninteractive.php">Static Science Flowchart</a>] non-flash version [<a href="http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/alvarez_10">Asteroids and dinosaurs</a>] A scientific example mapped to the flowchart Science educators are *trying* to move to a more sophisticated and less linear notion of science. I’m a big fan of the “how science works flowchart” at “Understanding Science”

[Dynamic Science Flowchart] flash object
[Static Science Flowchart] non-flash version
[Asteroids and dinosaurs] A scientific example mapped to the flowchart

]]> By: great http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866801 great Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866801 "Reason why" is a perfectly natural phrase that adults use all the time. I like the colloquial feel of it, especially with the "dump on you" bit. “Reason why” is a perfectly natural phrase that adults use all the time. I like the colloquial feel of it, especially with the “dump on you” bit.

]]> By: Dave Ng http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866802 Dave Ng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866802 A reinterpretation of the rabbit acrostic would be brilliant. Maybe in the style similar to Chris Ware or Marcel Dzama. A reinterpretation of the rabbit acrostic would be brilliant. Maybe in the style similar to Chris Ware or Marcel Dzama.

]]> By: rtorosyan http://boingboing.net/2010/08/23/where-are-all-the-aw.html#comment-866814 rtorosyan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-866814 I love what you've done here, David. The best visual I've seen yet is this: http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/howscienceworks_02 What's so wonderful there is the way you get deeper the more you look at one dimension or aspect of the process of science. It's also very accessible, designed expressly with the lay public in mind, and with dispelling myths about how lockstep the scientific method might proceed, to instead show it as a fluid, iterative, recursive process. Thanks for your part in simplifying things, though. Nothing so elegant as an explanation that's easy to take in and remember! Will use it with our students. I love what you’ve done here, David. The best visual I’ve seen yet is this:
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/howscienceworks_02

What’s so wonderful there is the way you get deeper the more you look at one dimension or aspect of the process of science. It’s also very accessible, designed expressly with the lay public in mind, and with dispelling myths about how lockstep the scientific method might proceed, to instead show it as a fluid, iterative, recursive process.

Thanks for your part in simplifying things, though. Nothing so elegant as an explanation that’s easy to take in and remember! Will use it with our students.

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