'Critical Thinking Blog Post # 8' - Final course reflection

In this class I have learned a lot of things, including a new way to perceive science and technology. This class has tought me to think responsibly about the limitations of science and the waste of technology products. Products such as mp3, tablets, among others do much more damage to the living environment, that kills landscape, and even worse, the production of these products exploit people and violated their human rights. The example of Einstein and Frankinstein in the idea of
science going to far, they do more bad than good. This class has opened up my mind to new ideas, and to always see beyond what is shown. To always used critical thinking and make it part of my everyday life.

"LIB 200

'Critical Thinking Blog Post #7' - Critical thinking about a Science's life and work

Rosalind Franklin was a woman who worked as a chemist and biologist in the early 20th century. She was the person who discovers and took the first model of DNA, but unfortunately did not receive any credit for her hard work. Franklin worked in a male dominated environment, in which she was described as an antisocial person. Most of the time she used to spend her time in the laboratory doing work, while her co-workers were relaxed.

Her work was unappreciated because she was very reserved with her job, and did not share any information with anybody, but this attitude did not help her at the end. Because Watson took the Nobel price and she was not given any price for the hard work she done. Her discovered with the DNA model help science and humans to understand better the way genetics work. Franklin's work can be consider part of humanities and is something that still surprise people.

 

"Critical thinking blog post #4"- The Promise and Peril of Robots in Film, TV and Real Life: Friends or Foes?

         When robots such as Electro came out in the 1960’s people did not really fear them. But as time passed by, and technology advanced in new inventions robots became a bit more sophisticated. In the movie I, robot, Sonny (the main robot) is created with human qualities, like emotions. He is able to fear, and to have sympathy towards other robots and humans.  Besides, Sonny is helpful to humans and even has grace when he moves. Instead Electro did not foes because his movements were too coarse, he is slow and clumsy.

       It is clear that in modern times people do have certain fear toward robots. I mean robots and other machines have had already taken jobs away from humans. It is also true that media tries to befriends robots to humans, so that way humans do not act in any harmful way against technology.
Technology forms part of humans everyday life, now people are dependend of their cellphones, to their computers, and even transportation. Since humans are so attrached these technologies, they prefer not to see how dependeable they are to robotics and science.

"Lib 200"