Hi, my name is Russ Dollinger.
I created Science Glen to make tools and courses to help people learn faster — easier — and deeper.
I have a Ph.D. in Anatomy focused on brain biochemistry and cell biology from UCLA, and I’ve been teaching science for a long time, which is the company is called Science Glen. The “Science” part is obvious. According to Wikipedia a glen is “a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides…” I have a small one of those behind my house where I go to ponder life sometimes. I was trying to figure out what to call my new company as I was sitting in my glen, and duh, it hit me — Science Glen.
I’m certainly going to talk about all things science, but I’m not going to stop there.
I love learning new stuff, and it is my lifelong dream to help others get there also. It does not matter what someone wants to learn, I want to help them look forward to it, and feel the same dopamine rush that I get.
I call that No-Limit Learning.
Let’s go back to my question, “Should science be outlawed?”
What do you think?
Do you trust science?
Many think science is a waste of time and their kids need to learn practical stuff. Besides, science is too political with a bunch of liars.
Let’s ask your inner scientist.
WHAT?
I bet you use science every day.
Let’s say you work as a plumber. Your at a job site and there is a nut that must be tightened. Chances are you just know what size wrench to grab, but you still might be wrong, so you test it. You made a guess (hypothesis), and you did an experiment. If the results show you got the wrong wrench, you try again; otherwise, you just tighten it up.
Imagine you are making chicken soup for your sick plumber. You want it to be just right. All the ingredients are in, but the taste is not quite there yet. So wadda you do? You taste it. That is an experiment. Hmm, you think, “I bet it could use some extra pepper.” That is the hypothesis. Some goes in, and that’s another experiment.
Science is not a bunch of facts that you suffered through in high school. Science is a way of thinking. It is a process to discover something.
There are guidelines that have been developed to help make that process reliable and repeatable.
Sometimes, those guidelines are misused or ignored. Sometimes, the experiment is just badly designed.
And, sometimes, the results of an experiment are confusing or mixed. That can lead to upset and anger in a politicized world.
Should we outlaw science?
No
Outlaw Bad Science!
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