Write a summary in 200 words "what is science?"by george Orwell.
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George Orwell’s “What is Science?” is addressed as a rebuttal to a statement by a “Mr. J. Stewart Cook”. Cook believes that all people should be “scientifically educated” and scientist being “brought out of their isolation” to participate in politics and economics (3). Orwell begins to agree with this statement, however he immediately goes into the main focus of his essay: “What defines science.” Orwell points out that Cook does not define science, and that science in the public’s mind is simply things like chemistry. He points out that this is not the case, and that science encompasses many subjects. No one looks at a poet and says “He is a scientist”. Orwell continues to poke at what describes a scientist by prescribing a test: “withstanding nationalism” (4). He states sciences are supposed to be international, and should not have borders. Yet we see scientists keeping to their governments. Orwell uses Navi Germany as an example, showing how German scientists created and researched only for Germany. Orwell moves on to point out that a “scientific education” shouldn’t sacrifice historical education and literacy. Furthermore, Orwell states that a “scientific education” should provide methods of solving problems, not just facts or single-minded thinking.
First off, this is quite the interesting read since I have read Orwell’s 1984. I would have never known Orwell had held such opinions on these types of matters. Orwell’s thoughts on what a scientific education is and what science means is interesting. I have never thought what science meant, and his description of what the public believes it is is what I always imagined when I thought of science. This spiked my attention to continue reading. As I did, I agreed with many of his points. A scientific education should mean that we should learn how to take on problems in a scientific manner. By “Scientific manner”, I mean we need to learn how to be able to solve problems, not only know solid facts on how to. An old proverb everyone knows, shortened, goes like this: “…teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime”. If we teach people how to solve problems, how to think for themselves we would have a much more educated general public. That’s not to say our general public isn’t smart, but we hear stories of people doing things that goes against common sense.
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