In
the long story of science
concerning our material existence it
is far too easy to confuse the identical twins
of modernity: technology with science. In
the long story of science
concerning our material existence it
is far too easy to confuse the identical twins
of modernity: technology with science.
| Technology | science |
| what we do | what we know |
| techniques to solve problems | means to detect error |
Caution: meanings change over time!
Science is a story based on a means to comprehend material existence to dispel the more uncertain mysteries about our physical condition.
Science is derived from the word to sever, or cut and is one refutable means among many of the critical attempts to address the mystery that surrounds us, in order to methodically discover the errors in our thinking.
Science in the European sense is a systematic approach to particular bodies of knowledge.
The origin of the word science in contrast to older forms of knowing.
The tool kit requires that culture be infused with natural opportunities and constraints.
| Macro |  |
Micro |
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| telescope |
microscope |
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| photovoltaic cell |
chloroplast |
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| computer |
ribosome |
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| observed and tangible |
hidden and formative |
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Technology is the study of the objects, materials, artifacts, utensils, devices, inventions, instruments and their practitioners in order to develop a systemic and measured response to what we discover when we alter the material conditions of existence.
Rules for using the toolkit
distinguishing techniques from technical means
material conditions:
| Physical | Chemical | Biological |
| three atomic forces | electromagnetic charges | evolution and ecology |
| planetary, cosmic forces | molecules | ethology and disease |
Periods in the past.
Three aspects of any ecological problem
