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Communication in Science
In the field of biology writings is one of the most frequently used form of a communicate and are quite different from those of other professions. A scientific paper can be further specified depending on its purpose but the conventional form is largely similar. Unlike other forms of writing, evidences are the most important factors that one needs to explicitly explain and develop these evidences to solidify one’s thought. It is because science is a discipline that explains the natural world with precise objectivity and not with an imagination or pure impression. Evidences obtained from the natural world are the primary resources of a scientific writing and its purposes, context, and genre are built on those evidences. Therefore, evidence of the scientific writings take form of an observation; it is a raw material and itself meaningless without proper interpretation.
Since biology deals with rationality and objectivity, writers should strictly follow rules. Those rules are the reason that Science can be science and without those rules, its writing is not so much different from personal journals. Evidences are examined and inspected under this rule and any personal preferences of a writer should be excluded in the process of this.
Scientific writing must be falsifiable. It gives credibility to the evidence since only objective, not subjective, theories or ideas can be denied. For example, metaphysical world, such as supernatural and existence of Dracula, cannot be the subject of science since there are no way to deny its existence within our understanding of the natural world. Also, one must separate an author from a subject of one’s writing. Once one publishes a theory, it is already out of author’s hand and every individual who participates in the field of science has responsibility to defend, argue, or develop it. Therefore, unlike a novel, scientific idea is not a possession of one individual. For example, Charles Darwin himself was mislead by his contemporary paradigm of the world and had immature view on other races because of misinterpretation of natural selection, one of the greatest theory of biology that he developed, but later scientists proved this wrong using same principle of natural selection with correct interpretation and therefore his view did not influence the validity of theory of natural selection.
In addition, one should understand that scientific writing is not just a mere outcome of an author’s genius. It is unique characteristic of world of science that we interact as one big community. It is very obvious that the writings must be influenced by paradigm of the contemporary dogma of science.
Another form of communication are scientific convention, sending email directly, or collaborate
In the field of biology writings is one of the most frequently used form of a communicate and are quite different from those of other professions. A scientific paper can be further specified depending on its purpose but the conventional form is largely similar. Unlike other forms of writing, evidences are the most important factors that one needs to explicitly explain and develop these evidences to solidify one’s thought. It is because science is a discipline that explains the natural world with precise objectivity and not with an imagination or pure impression. Evidences obtained from the natural world are the primary resources of a scientific writing and its purposes, context, and genre are built on those evidences. Therefore, evidence of the scientific writings take form of an observation; it is a raw material and itself meaningless without proper interpretation.
Since biology deals with rationality and objectivity, writers should strictly follow rules. Those rules are the reason that Science can be science and without those rules, its writing is not so much different from personal journals. Evidences are examined and inspected under this rule and any personal preferences of a writer should be excluded in the process of this.
Scientific writing must be falsifiable. It gives credibility to the evidence since only objective, not subjective, theories or ideas can be denied. For example, metaphysical world, such as supernatural and existence of Dracula, cannot be the subject of science since there are no way to deny its existence within our understanding of the natural world. Also, one must separate an author from a subject of one’s writing. Once one publishes a theory, it is already out of author’s hand and every individual who participates in the field of science has responsibility to defend, argue, or develop it. Therefore, unlike a novel, scientific idea is not a possession of one individual. For example, Charles Darwin himself was mislead by his contemporary paradigm of the world and had immature view on other races because of misinterpretation of natural selection, one of the greatest theory of biology that he developed, but later scientists proved this wrong using same principle of natural selection with correct interpretation and therefore his view did not influence the validity of theory of natural selection.
In addition, one should understand that scientific writing is not just a mere outcome of an author’s genius. It is unique characteristic of world of science that we interact as one big community. It is very obvious that the writings must be influenced by paradigm of the contemporary dogma of science.
Another form of communication are scientific convention, sending email directly, or collaborate