Scientific Literacy Quiz

The original test is here. Answer the following true/false questions and post your grade. I got a B+

1. Scientists usually expect an experiment to turn out a certain way.
2. Science only produces tentative conclusions that can change.
3. Science has one uniform way of conducting research called "the scientific method."
4. Scientific theories are explanations and not facts.
5. When being scientific one must have faith only in what is justified by empirical evidence.
6. Science is just about the facts, not human interpretations of them.
7. To be scientific one must conduct experiments.
8. Scientific theories only change when new information becomes available.
9. Scientists manipulate their experiments to produce particular results.
10. Science proves facts true in a way that is definitive and final.
11. An experiment can prove a theory true.
12. Science is partly based on beliefs, assumptions, and the nonobservable.
13. Imagination and creativity are used in all stages of scientific investigations.
14. Scientific theories are just ideas about how something works.
15. A scientific law is a theory that has been extensively and thoroughly confirmed.
16. Scientists’ education, background, opinions, disciplinary focus, and basic guiding assumptions and philosophies influence their perception and interpretation of the available data.
17. A scientific law will not change because it has been proven true.
18. An accepted scientific theory is an hypothesis that has been confirmed by considerable evidence and has endured all attempts to disprove it.
19. A scientific law describes relationships among observable phenomena but does not explain them.
20. Science relies on deduction (x entails y) more than induction (x implies y).
21. Scientists invent explanations, models or theoretical entities.
22. Scientists construct theories to guide further research.
23. Scientists accept the existence of theoretical entities that have never been directly observed.
24. Scientific laws are absolute or certain.

( Answer Key and Scoring. )

Come Junior, it is time to practice our evil laughs!

( What Arch-Villain am I? )

Oh, 50 points to the person who can identify the show I reference in my subject line, the character, and the actor.

It's a long meme, after all.

1. copy these instructions and the list below into your own lj.
2. add your name at the top of the list.
3. include one fact about yourself.
4. be brief, be honest, don't worry about being interesting.

( Oh, and use a cut tag, this is getting long... )

I'm on crack, and I'm happy with that.

Back around Christmas, I went to Best Buy with some family members. I grabbed the PC version of Madden 2003 from the closeout shelf. Loaded it, it didn't work, too bad.

Since the near-complete rebuild of our computer changed so many things, I decided to try again. This time, it loaded! Yes! Began learning to play, and made my own team (the Sylea Imperials, built on the Patriots.)

This thing is addictive. Very addictive.

Tomorrow is going to be spent writing the Vilani military. Today I'm working...

But I have time for a quick game or two...

Bring him home!

The 419 scam reaches new heights

Dear Mr. Sir,

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.

I love it!!!