La necesidad de rigor en las explicaciones científicas. A - TopicsExpress



          

La necesidad de rigor en las explicaciones científicas. A metaphor can systematically mislead us. It can mislead members of the general population who think that the Higgs boson really is the “god particle” or that the Big Bang really was an explosion. This might be unavoidable if we don’t teach the facts early enough; and it may be harmless. But consider some other metaphors: we “stimulate” the immune system with this or that drug or vitamin. This dysmetaphor, so to speak, causes people to spend literally billions of dollars on useless vitamin supplements or to avoid vaccination so their kids are “stimulated” by actually contracting measles, which can kill. - Dr John Wilkins, philosopher of science
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:13:56 +0000

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