• Question: What do you think represents to science more - Cancer or The Planets?

    Asked by Charl_020304 to Paul, Mobeen, Laura, Jen, Greg on 9 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Paul O'Mahoney

      Paul O'Mahoney answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      I think science is such an broad term, and includes so many disciplines which are all important. To say that one particular aspect represents science more than another I think misses the point that science is really about applying the scientific method to any kind of research – that is an evidence based approach to research, where you test a hypothesis and develop theories and are open to criticism and new ideas. So I think in that regard any work that follows the scientific method contributes just as much to science as any.

    • Photo: Greg Melia

      Greg Melia answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      I can’t choose between them, so it’s got to be both!

    • Photo: Laura Haworth

      Laura Haworth answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Science is everywhere and all around us and involves so many things. I think both of them topics represent science equally.

    • Photo: Jen Lowe

      Jen Lowe answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Science covers an unending number of really diverse topics. I wouldn’t want to have science without either oncology or astronomy.

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