Nature of Science
Before Watching:
1.) Q: In what ways do you see yourself as a writer? Are you a poet? A journalist? A blogger? What style of writing is most familiar and comfortable for you?
A: I feel as if I’m a journalist when it comes to writing. It can be a mixture of jotting down facts or things I find interesting on any topic.
2.) Q: What is your impression of scientific writing?
A: I feel scientific writing is a good mixture of questioning and discovery.
After Watching:
1.) Q: How do Wilson’s ideas fit with your experience or ideas about scientific writing?
A: I feel like my original idea connects with Wilson, where you need questioning and reasoning at times yet I didn’t know that scientific writing also entails a lot of emotion.
2.) Q: What if anything surprised you about Wilson’s description of scientists, and their emotions and values as they fit into the process of science?
A: I was surprised to hear that scientists include emotions when it comes to scientific writing. I would have though that scientists would remain collective through an experiment or through results. Yet, from what Wilson said, there’s much emotion that goes on when it comes to scientific writing.
