If you’d like to get more perspective on our evolutionary heritage, especially in terms of how it pertains to leadership, check out this 99u talk by Simon Sinek. What parts of the talk might connect with group selection?
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Exam Review: Cell Biology & the Immune System
The immune system is extraordinarily complex, even when we’re just considering a small injury, but we can start to make sense of what’s going on with material we’ve covered. As a way to prepare for Monday’s exam, try to apply the key terms covered in this section of the course to the video below by Kurzgesagt. If you’d to get to know the immunology as it pertains to skin in more depth, check out the video by Nature also below.
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Challenge Questions: are these molecules hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
Work on these questions if you’d like to test your knowledge of chemistry concepts we’ve covered and practice reading skeletal structures.
A. Noticing that Vitamin Water does not contain vitamin D3, Rufol thinks he has a business opportunity on his hands: make a vitamin beverage containing vitamin D3 for people who don’t get enough sun during the winter—or for people who just don’t get enough sun at all. Looking at the molecular structure of vitamin D3, do you think Rufol will have an easy time dissolving it into water? Continue reading
Class on Feb. 10 Extra: Ice Fishing
What property (or properties) of water or other concepts from chapter 2 can you spot in this video?
Another Perspective on Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Here’s The Change Book‘s take on inductive and deductive reasoning. What do you think? Do you agree with their explanation here? How about the way the diagram is drawn?
Also, just for fun: where was this photo was taken?
So, what about String Theory?
During class today, we discussed falsifiability as the criterion for hypotheses and theories to be considered scientific. Does that mean String Theory isn’t a scientific theory? Well, yes and no… it depends on whether falsifiability is the only way to deem a theory scientific or not. Quanta Magazine has a great article on another way to think about scientific theories.
