Finally, science is not defined by a specific method. Rather it is a way of thinking about and observing the universe that leads to a deep understanding of its workings. The principles governing science are general and broad in scope. They are not sequences of rigid rules. ...
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So although the question of whether a stereotype is accurate or inaccurate is an empirically testable one that science can answer, the question of whether it is wrong for people to hold inaccurate stereotypes is not. Similarly, the question of whether criminal behavior has a genetic component is...
It is not enough to say “we think your loan was denied by the bank’s AI because your profile is low on variables x, y, and z, but we can’t be sure.” We ought to have a causal model that survives experimental attempts at falsification. Machine behavior as XAI The researchers ...
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The transhumanist wager observes, analogously, that there is a possibility that in the not-too-distant future, science and technology will have the ability to bestow on people, if not an “infinitely happy” life, a lifestyle that is hugely expanded and enhanced compared to today’s. Jethro...
Wissenschaftwe do X] is sciencethey do X] is not science Importantly, it is only in the 1930’s, under the restoration of economic stability in Germany under the Nazi regime—and as a part of its own build-up of the military and eugenic systems, that the practices of applied psychology...
Another important element of a science-based discipline has to do with the concept offalsifiability. This criterion was advocated by the philosopher Karl Popper (1959; 2004). Popper argues that scientific knowledge is tentative. Scientific statements, hypotheses, and theories all have the quality of...
scientists. Like Popper, we might expect a testable alternative hypothesis that attempts to account for the discrepancy across studies; and one that itself may be subject to testing rather than merely beingad hoc. In other words, a ‘failed’ replication is not, in itself, the answer to a ...