Lesson 2 Technology as a Way of Revealing

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
1. determine the steps of scientific method in solving problems;
2. identify the importance of diversity and collaboration in the scientific
community towards human flourishing; and
3. explain the concept of human conditions before and after science and
technology.

Introduction
Science is a voyage of exploration just to find out how things work and it's
really interesting because it is an ongoing and endless process. People tend to look for
the betterment of their lives each and every day. The longer the people explore
science, the more the people become curious that science itself cannot answer its own
questions. Where did we come from?, Are we alone in this universe? Can we ever
make humans better with science for their happiness? Why does something exist
rather than nothing? Why are we here? These questions are yet to be answered
scientifically.

Scientific as Method

Science is an organized way of studying things and finding answers to a

questions. Scientific method is the process of objectively establishing facts through
testing and experimentation.

Steps in Scientific Method

• Observe
• Determine the problem
• Formulate hypothesis
• Conduct experiment
• Gather and analyze
• Formulate conclusion and provide recommendation

Why are Diversity and Collaboration in the Scientific Community important

towards Human Flourishing?
Science as a Social Endeavor
 Philosophers like Paul Thagard, lmre Lakatos, Helen Longino, David
Bloor, and Richard Rorty, presented this alternative demarcation that
explores the social dimension of science and effectively, technology.
  Presents an alternative notion that goes beyond the boundaries of cold,
hard facts of science and instead projects it in a different light, such as
manifestation of shared experience forging solidarity over
communities.

Importance of Diversity and Collaboration in Scientific Community towards Human

Flourishing
1. Collaboration and diversity balance possible biases
2. Diversity and collaboration stimulate problem solving
3. Diversity and collaboration facilitate specialization
4. Diversity and collaboration are inspiration and motivation
5. Diversity and collaboration divide labor

The Human Condition Before Common Era

• Our early ancestors’ primal need to survive paved way for the invention of
several developments.
• Gifted with brains more advanced than other creatures, humans are able to
utilize abundant materials for their own ease and comfort.
• Homo erectus have been using fire to cook and marked the era of Stone Age
• Homo sapiens humans began to sharpen stones as one would a knife;
an
• Example of this simple machine is wedge.
 Changes in their protective covering out of necessity, and
gradually, added more to their garments.
 What does this tell of them and their philosophies?
 Were they perhaps proud to show off their hunt and how good of
a hunter they were?
 Were they concerned with social standing and stratification?
 How about the meaning of life?
 Were they also curious on finding explanations to certain phenomena?
 It seems that they have found their answer in the person of
religion through different figures in honor of some deity.
 Different tribes have different gods.
 Nevertheless, it can be positively inferred that like the people of
today, our ancestors also found the need to explain things in a way
that makes sense to them.
 They quickly realized that there are events outside of their control
and attempted
• to justify things as being a work of a supernatural being

The Human Condition in the Common Era

• For a long time, humans were content with their relationship with nature.
 • Earliest case of man-made extinction occurred over 12 000 years ago, possibly
brought upon by hunting and territorial disputes.
• The Holocene extinction, also called the sixth extinction or more aptly
Anthropocene extinction, occurred from as early as between 100 000 to 200
000 years up to the present.
• It pertains to the ongoing extinction of several species-both flora and fauna-
due to human activity.
• People then had a new objective-gather as much products as possible.
• They have to turned to wealth as one of their goals as humans and ultimately
as civilizations, for they perceived that those who have many, live
comfortably and thus are generally happier than those who do not have
sufficient wealth.
• Thus, they began to hunt, farm and produce things with prospect of profit.
• Humanity became more complex.
• The primary goal was not merely to survive, but to live the good life.
• Technology has been instrumental in all of these because in searching for the
good life, people were able to come up with creations that would make life
easier, more comfortable, and more enriching.
• Position-wise, the humans of today are much better off compared to
humans several centuries ago.
• Advancements in medicine, technology, health, and education ushered in
humanity’s best yet, and show no sign of stopping.

How much is Too Much?

 Economists believe that growth is the primary indicator of development
 Technology has been a primary instrument in enabling them to pursue
said goal, utilizing resources, machineries, and labor
 Joseph Hickel contemplates that developed countries should not push
forth more growth but instead adopt “de-development” policies or else,
everybody loses
 Rapid pace of technological growth allows no room for nature to
recuperate, resulting in exploitation and irreversible damages to nature
like the climate change, which would snowball and affect majority of
flora and fauna, driving half of the latter extinct in less than a hundred
year from now.
 ACTIVITY
State the reason that brought about the invention, the advantage, disadvantage and
inventor.

Reason for
Invention Advantages Disadvantages Inventor
inventions
a. Microscope

b. Internet

c. Cellphones

d. Guns

e. Printer

f. Laptop

g. Projector

h. Television

ASSESSMENT TASK
Think of a problem in or daily life where you can apply the scientific method.

Observe:

Identify the Problem:

Formulate the hypothesis:

Conduct Experiment:

Gather and Analyze:

Formulate conclusion and provide recommendation: