Dan Devereaux, Vassil Dimitrov, Hannah Mcleod

Group Work: Vassil Dimitrov, Dan Devereaux, Hannah McLeod

Assumption 1: Technology is constantly evolving.
* Social, cultural, religious, or personal factors that influenced these assumptions:
o The transition from landlines to cell phones.
o Saw the creation and increasing popularity of instant communication.
* Question:
o Are there certain subject matters that people lack the intellectual capacity to delve further into? (Hannah)

Assumption 2: Technology improves quality of life.
* Social, cultural, religious, or personal factors that influenced these assumptions:
o Technology allows us to do fundamental tasks more efficiently and with less effort.
o Through the innovation of numerous scientific technologies such as vaccinations, we have been able to save the lives of many people.
o People are able to do more Òpleasurable activitiesÓ because technology makes it quicker and easier to do more mundane tasks
* Question:
o Can the simplification of tasks associated with technology cause people to take on more than they can handle? (Dan)

Assumption 3: Science is the most important method of obtaining new knowledge in the universe.
* Social, cultural, religious, or personal factors that influenced these assumptions:
o Science is the reason our technology is so advanced.
o Science is the reason we know so much about how to cure certain diseases, and often prevent death.
o My parents are molecular biologists.
* Question:
o What other ways of obtaining knowledge can inform us about things that nobody knows about in the physical world? (Vassil)




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