It's good to see that industry continues to support the many camps that are being arranged to encourage young people to pursue a career in science.
There's news that Chevron is pledging some $15,000 to West Hills Community College for science and math camps. The Avenal Family Math & Science Camp attracts over 300 children and their parents each year.
There's news that Chevron is pledging some $15,000 to West Hills Community College for science and math camps. The Avenal Family Math & Science Camp attracts over 300 children and their parents each year.
Science is such a complex subject, possibly at times, a field with many ego at stake. That's clear. There have even been bouts of "outsiderness" inside the scientific community (molecular biology vs. ecology, or mathematics vs. physics), and types of dogma rising above scientific acumen are too numerous (even once is too much as in the "Clovis first" mandate). Skepticism has long served science well, it also might be time for the new paradigm -- a subtle, yet effective shift in approach and thinking. Could "selfless restraint" fill that duty? It offers all the right elements with no excess baggage that all too regularly goes with skepticism. One look at the "skeptics" forums and online resources, and you can see the amount of illogics that occasionally discover their way into scientific thinking.