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1.) How to write s -etiquette. 2.) Naming attachments STUFF

The Necker Cube

Particle Man Artist: They Might Be Giants Particle man, particle man Doing the things a particle can What's he like? It's not important Particle man Is he a dot, or is he a speck? When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead? Nobody knows, Particle man Triangle man, Triangle man Triangle man hates particle man They have a fight, Triangle wins Triangle man

Universe man, Universe man Size of the entire universe man Usually kind to smaller man Universe man He's got a watch with a minute hand, Millenium hand and an eon hand When they meet it's a happy land Powerful man, universe man Person man, person man Hit on the head with a frying pan Lives his life in a garbage can Person man Is he depressed or is he a mess? Does he feel totally worthless? Who came up with person man? Degraded man, person man Triangle man, triangle man Triangle man hates person man They have a fight, triangle wins --Triangle man

The dolphin paradigm. Just because some stories about dolphin rescues are true, it doesn’t mean that all cases result in a “rescue.” We have to force ourselves to assess sources of evidence that may not be obvious.

…from the Latin term scientia, which means 'knowledge.’ S C I E N C E

… the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience, i.e. measureable sense data. EMPIRICISM

… the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, origin and scope of knowledge. Epistemology tries to explain how we know what we think we know! EPISTEMOLOGY

Verification through repetition A standard axiom of science The root “veri” means… TRUTH

The Scientific Method Define a problem Research the problem - “literature review” Form a Hypothesis Hypothetico-inductive model Induction: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles Deduction: reasoning from the general to the particular Experiment and Observations Analyze Data Form a conclusion & communicate results

The Scientific Method Cont’d Blind Studies Where experimenter does not know which subject is being tested (e.g. actual drug vs placebo) Control Group - A comparable group of subjects that is not being tested Independent Variables - the factor that is being manipulated by the experimenter (e.g. caffeine consumption) Dependent Variable - the factor that is affected by the experiement (e.g. wakefulness)

The way that we choose to represent the world, whether through art, poetry, drama, film or science reflects what we believe about ourselves and the world. John Berger describes this process as “Ways of Seeing.”

What do you think these paintings have in common in terms of “ways of seeing”?

What do images of the Virgin Mary tell us about how ways of seeing our culture?

The most essential elements

Because much of art had its origins in religion, we tend to be reverential about it. Later, it was commissioned by the wealthy and thus art asked us to be deferential. But art, like any intellectual endeavor can be playful… and we always Need to keep that in mind.

Word vs Image