Science and Technology play a central role in assuring our survival and enormous success as a species. This progress is the product of contentious debates, competing world views, and revolutionary paradigm shifts. Over time, certain views do eventually prevail. Genetically evolved technology is based, in part, on finding solutions to key problems through the process of biological evolution.
WATCH Tedtalk video: Genetically Evolved Technology: Luke Bawazer at TEDxWarwick 2013
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With Kuhn, pdf readings and ted talk video clip in mind, answer the following questions for essay:
Will believers in Intelligent Design be able to embrace the incredibly promising and innovative solutions outlined in Luke Bawazer’s Tedtalk while rejecting Darwin’s theory? Explain why or why not.
How does the science discussed by Bawazer relate to Bronowski’s belief about science as imaginative and creative?
Does Bawazer’s discussion of the dawning of a new scientific paradigm mean the same thing Kuhn means by paradigm shift?
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