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domingo, 17 de abril de 2016

Let's talk about science!

Hoje decidi fazer um texto mais elaborado sobre o papel do scientista na produção de conhecimento e os desafios que o modelo atual apresentam para a redação científica. 

Subjectivity of science VS Scientific writing

Scientific knowledge is built on an empirical basis. This arises from the objectivity of the data generated by scientific methodology, which fosters trust in this empirical basis. However, although objective, that data may not be completely self-explanatory, so that conclusions can only be achieved through interpretation of the scientist.

This reveals the importance of the scientist's role in the construction of knowledge. So there are two main points related to scientific writing: i) the quality and relevance of the conclusions, which leads to scientific advancement, is related to the subjective interpretation of a human being; ii) there is an immense responsibility of the scientific community forward the acceptance or rejection of the conclusions of a scientist.

Considering the first point, it is clear that the preparation of the scientist to interpret the data is critical. In this sense, the viewing and interpretation of the data from an experiment by a newbie researcher will possibly be more superficial when compared to the conclusions of a researcher who have years of experience in the specific area of study. However, this leads to an important question that is the biased view at the empirical basis, since the interpretations of the scientist are strongly linked to their previous experiences.

Examples of revolutions in the laws of science that originated from different interpretations of the same empirical basis already known previously are not rare. Therefore, the interdisciplinary scientific study is part of an interesting way to build knowledge from different points of view, often complementary.

Many of Scientific Revolutions cited above did not occur quickly after the formulation of the conclusions of the researchers in question. On the contrary, often the conclusions that pointed to a different direction than usual for researchers in the field have suffered strong resistance to being accepted, if not rejected. This leads to the second point stated above: the responsibility of the scientific community towards conclusions of a research.

The importance of this for the scientific writing is evident. When you write an article based on data produced by an experiment, one must pay attention to the innovation that will lead to knowledge building in the area, however, the argument deriving from the experimental results should be very precise and strongly based on the existing knowledge, so that innovative conclusions can be accepted by the scientific community and contribute to the development of science.

So the scientific writing is complex and challenging since the organization and originality of the results and discussion of the text produced by the scientist are valued, but at the same time, it required a strong argumentative power based on the knowledge produced in the area in question.


Post Scriptum

Eu gosto muito da carreira acadêmica. Sempre sinto muito orgulho quando coloco meu avental/jaleco e vou para bancada conduzir algum experimento. Me empolga, ler, escrever e discutir sobre esse mundo tão divertido e importante que é o da ciência. Possivelmente voltarei a escrever mais sobre isso por aqui.
Postando ao som de A Proper Story e sentindo que superei muitos desafios acadêmicos na última semana, mas que ainda preciso dar conta de muitos outros nos próximos dias.


terça-feira, 12 de abril de 2016

The Great Zhadonland

Quatro postagens em menos de um mês. Faz muito tempo (anos!) desde a última vez que o presente blog apresentou tal taxa de publicação. Claro que é bem mais simples escerver sobre o dia a dia em comparação com o desenvolvimento elaborado de um tema específico. Mas atualmente esse é o espírito, então vamos lá!

Daily post

First of all, I am tired. I am exhausted. I can't say exactly why, but my routine seems much more tiring than ever. And last week I started a new class (I will talk more about it bellow) on Friday morning at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, thus, I have more activities now. Unfortunately, right now it is very difficult to develop the bench work at the laboratory. :/

But I also have a good thing to say. I received the grade of one test I did some weeks ago and it was pretty satisfactory! The new class that I started is also very cool: How to write scientific papers. In the first day, we discussed the responsibility of the scientist regarding the production of knowledge. I left the class very motivated. :)

In the last weekend, I went with my girlfriend to the Sesc Belenzinho (after skating). That place is oddly calm and relaxing, I like it very much. We had a yogurt ice cream covered with grape syrup and pieces of peach. Delicious and refreshing!  

Other good things

I am watching 黒子のバスケ (Kuroko no Basuke), that is an anime about basketball teams in the high school. It is very exciting! I want to play basketball back again! haha

A few days ago, I finished watching the first season of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blood Orphans. It is nice, but the Gundam Seed is yet my favorite one. 

I started to play Terraria again, that is a game in which you have to collect materials and are free to construct whatever you want to survive in a wild planet. I play it to relax when I am too stressed. My objective is to build The Great Zhadonland! See what I have already constructed:


Post Scriptum

Bom, é isso aí, preciso urgentemente ir descansar um pouco, pois amanhã será um dia bem atarefado. Postando ao som de Kouji Wada (que infelizmente faleceu na semana passada), pensando que amanhã preciso revisar minha aula de Psicologia da Educação / Políticas Ambientais, responder a questões sobre o papel do scientista na produção de conhecimento e preparar minha mini apresentação sobre minhas pretenções de paper para a disciplina de sexta. E animado, pensando que quinta feira vou encontrar amigos queridos. 

segunda-feira, 4 de abril de 2016

Nostalgia

Um texto curto para hoje.

Daily post

On Saturday, I went to Belém Park to skate. For years, I tried to implement any physical activity in my routine, seeking a healthy way of life. Most of the times I tried to play Basketball, but for many reasons it never worked for much time. Since September 2015, I have been inline skating. I really like it (as much as basketball). I feel free with my rollers. :) On Sunday I decided to clean the roller and in this morning I finished the maintenance (see the figure 1).
Figure 1 - roller about to be cleaned
Today morning I also cleaned a very old folder containing some drawings, school report cards, photos and poems I wrote a long time ago. Well, I decided to throw away things that I don't need to think about anymore. The folder is much lighter and organized now. I became happy when I saw some old photos (even some photos of Rex, Ruffos and Cristal!) and my drawings (an example in figure 2). I miss drawing, maybe I should start doing it again.

Figure 2 - A very old drawing

Post Scriptum

Nostalgicamente escrevendo ao som de Barenaked Ladies, esperando o horário de pico passar para voltar para casa, aliviado por ter dado tudo certo nas provas da semana passada, leve por sentir que as coisas vão melhorar e pensando em como montar uma aula de psicologia da educação relacionando com psicologia ambiental.