• Question: Has science changed your life and how?

    Asked by ryan5 to Anna on 12 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by al1c3.
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      Anna Middleton answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Hi @ryan5
      Science is just a part of my life now. I see ‘science’ everywhere and it makes me question everything. For example, when I see something on the news that says: ‘British kids are more likely to be obese than ever before’ the first question I ask is: ‘what is the evidence for that?’ ‘how can you come to that conclusion?’, ‘how was that measured?’ If it’s clear to me that this is just a throw-away news article with no firm evidence then I have learnt just to ignore it. Being able to make a personal judgement about everything you hear is very valuable and means you can decide for yourself what is meaningful or not. It’s this scientific way of thinking that is important to me.

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