What do you think?

Today at class meeting was our first group meeting. After a brief introduction of our topic we discussed some of the places we would like to go and the reasons why.

By Friday BEFORE the end of dinner (6:30pm) please complete the following task:

Post a comment with three places you want to visit or things you want to learn about and relate EACH them to the topic "will science save us or slay us."

Question: How do I post a comment?

Answer: How to post a comment:
1. Click on the word "comments" right below this post (next to the image of the envelope).
2. If a Security box pops up, just click "yes."
3. Type your comment in the box titled "Leave Your Comment."
4. Sign your comment with your first name and last initial only.
5. Choose the identity "anonymous."
6. Click the orange "publish your comment" box.


Question: But what if I don't do it?

Answer: For starters, the more everyone participates in the group, the better the trip will be. If supporting the group isn't motivation enough, the JUA is actually graded and it is possible to fail. This is the first of several tasks that contributes to your evaluation. Yes, the JUA goes on your transcript...and how dumb would you feel explaining to your parents and colleges how you managed to "fail a field trip."

What's science ever done for us?

For better or for worse, major breakthroughs in science have changed the way we live.

"Today it is often forgotten that the challenge of antibiotic resistance was raised immediately the drugs were introduced. From the late 1940s, microbiologists and policy makers responded with attempts to restrict use through the prescription system and by the development of more robust drugs. Even then, the experts saw their measures as only partial solutions to a problem that was both medical and social. Yet in an age in which authority was increasingly distrusted, the warnings of pessimistic prophets were discounted by grateful patients and hurried practitioners alike. Only in the late 1990s was the emergence of resistant bacteria widely accepted as a global threat to be taken seriously." Click here to read the rest of a short history of antibiotics.

The goal of this group is to form our own opinions to answer the question "Will science save us or slay us?"