Character Clue Game Mobile

Character Clue Game Mobile

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I start with small, tiny details and build them up into one big rule

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I don't give you a 100% "perfect" answer; I give you the most likely guess.

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I look at a few examples like "this bird flies" and guess a rule for everyone "all birds fly"

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I am the "Problem" the chicken faced on the day the farmer didn't bring food, but brought a hatchet instead.

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I am a concept

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Induction

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Character Clue Game Mobile

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I say that you don't ask if a hammer is "real", you just know it works.

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Science simply offers an adequate description we can utilize

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Worked for a time at the animation company Pixar

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one of my more radical forms is called phenomamlism, the beliefe that only sensory experience is real

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In my opinion, the "atom" is simply a collection of effects we see not a real entity

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Anti Realsim

Character Clue Game Mobile

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I do not believe in a single defining scientific method

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I believe strict rules hinder rather than help the field of science

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I belive that the belief of a uniform scientific world view results in discediting other fields needlessly

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If asked "is all science connected to reality?", I'd asnwer no

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I am a person

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Paul Feyerabend

Character Clue Game Mobile

Clue 1

I believe that science consists of normal and extrordinary cycels

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I believe the process of science is like puzzle solving

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I am a person

Clue 4

I believe that paradigms are what differentiate science from other fields

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I worked as afellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in 1958.

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Thomas Kuhn

Character Clue Game Mobile

Clue 1

I don't care how you got your idea—whether it was a dream or a lucky guess. I only care about how we test it once it’s here.

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I think we should make big, risky guesses! It’s better to be wrong than to be boring

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I am a person

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I used horoscopes as an example of "bad science." They say things like "You will have a busy day" because it's impossible to prove that wrong!

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I argue that if you try to prove "Induction" works by using "Induction," you get stuck in a never-ending loop.

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Karl Popper

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Character Clue Game Mobile

Clue 1

I start with a Big Rule (The Top) and use it to find out something about a Small Thing (The Bottom).

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I am the "strength" of the hammer. Popper uses me to hit a theory as hard as possible to see if it cracks.

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It’s like saying, "If all dogs are nice, and this is a dog, it must be nice."

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Was a key figure in the revolution of personal computing and mobile devices

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Co-founded Apple and launched iconic products like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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Deduction

Character Clue Game Mobile

Clue 1

I argue that science should be required to communicate it's limitation and uncertainty

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Gregor Betz was a great champion of mine

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I believe the influence of social factors should be as minimal as possible when it comes to accepting important informaiton

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I am a concept

Clue 5

I believe that rather than saying " atoms exist" maybe we should say "we are 98% certain atoms exist"

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Value Free Ideal

Character Clue Game Mobile

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I claim the acceptance of theory is the acceptance of truth

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I am a concept

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I may simply be based on observed effects

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I claim that when a scientist writes an equation about an atom, they aren't just writing a "poem" or a "code." They are describing a physical object that exists exactly as it is

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I claim that even though we can't see atoms with our eyes that doesn't change their existance

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Realism

Character Clue Game Mobile

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I am the reason we require way more proof for a new medicine than we do for a new flavor of ice cream.

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I claim that the state of politics, social dynamics, ect. should be taken into account when deciding how to accept a theory

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I balance the possible risk and benefits taking into account how much evidence is present

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I am a concept

Clue 5

I am the moment you are asked to decide when the evidence is worth the risk

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Inductive Risk

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