Blog 9
In this class we've talked a lot about curiosity and truth as trait need by scientist. Skepticism sort of connects the both. You can have only one or two of these virtues but generally they go hand in hand. To know if something is true you need to be skeptical. We cant just assume everything to be the true because obviously that's not the case. To be a curious person you must also be curious to find the truth, which would make you a skeptic. Theories that have more proof don't need as much skeptics. For example, I don't think there needs to be skeptics of evolution or the force of gravity. These are two theories that have been time and time again supported with evidence to be considered facts. There would need to be more skeptics if there was to be a new drug discovered. If one researcher found a drug that he or she claims to cure a disorder we should not blindly believe this. Until there has been enough evidence with experiments to be proven as facts other scientist s