Questions
1. What is the major conflict between Brad and Mary in
terms of the scientific process? Make a list of Brad’s
arguments and valid pieces of evidence and Mary’s
response to each.
1. What is the major conflict between Brad and Mary in
terms of the scientific process? Make a list of Brad’s
arguments and valid pieces of evidence and Mary’s
response to each.
Brad's arguments:
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Mary's response:
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2. What do you think about Brad’s concern that by
waiting with the announcement they could miss their
chance to save the birds?
I think Brad has a good point, but again the only "hard" evidence found is the video with the really bad quality.They can't simply relie on just that because personally I don't think that's enough. And if Brad is wrong about one bird still being alive he will have wasted millions of dollars that could've gone to save animals that we know are endangered.
3. Imagine you are the owner of a company that owns the
logging rights adjacent to the area of the woodpecker
sightings, or a biologist trying to protect the habitat
of another endangered species in another part of the
state. Do you think that they would be satisfied with
the same amount of evidence in this case as Brad?
Why/Why not?
I don't think so, they'd want to see hard evidence. They're closing down their business to avoid being in the way, so their losing money and if they're going to agree to that they want to make sure that the problem is really there.
4. What is the right amount of evidence? How can you
determine the answer to that question?
The right amount of evidence would be a handful of different pieces for example : a video with good quality where you can 100% see the bird, maybe some good quality pictures, recordings that are distinct. It's hard to say I would think that would be enough, but different people have different ideas.
5. Give other examples of public discourse, policy
decisions, or controversial issues where your insights
from this case could be applied.
The public might think the evidence gathered is not enough so they wouldn't cooperate to move the businesses that they own. They might now believe that you or the group you work with are an unreliable source and not trust you the next time you tell them they need your help.
6. Decide how much evidence you would need to accept
the claim that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is not
extinct.
Like I answered in question four, good quality video, high quality pictures, distinct sound recordings.
7. Decide how much evidence you would need to accept
that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is extinct.
There are no more sightings of the bird, no nests trails, sounds.
8. Put yourself in Brad’s position—what would you have
told the reporter?
That we found a video that seems to be the Ivory Woodpecker, but since the video is of such poor quality it is not a for sure statement that the Ivory Woodpecker is not extinct.
9. Does it matter to you who presents the evidence?
It does because if it was some random person we don't know if they know anything about birds and can identify the difference between a Pileated Woodpecker and an Ivory Woodpecker.
10. Who presented the evidence in the real Ivory-billed
Woodpecker case (who was present at the press
conference)?
Brad Murky presented the evidence in the real Ivory- billed Woodpecker case.
waiting with the announcement they could miss their
chance to save the birds?
I think Brad has a good point, but again the only "hard" evidence found is the video with the really bad quality.They can't simply relie on just that because personally I don't think that's enough. And if Brad is wrong about one bird still being alive he will have wasted millions of dollars that could've gone to save animals that we know are endangered.
3. Imagine you are the owner of a company that owns the
logging rights adjacent to the area of the woodpecker
sightings, or a biologist trying to protect the habitat
of another endangered species in another part of the
state. Do you think that they would be satisfied with
the same amount of evidence in this case as Brad?
Why/Why not?
I don't think so, they'd want to see hard evidence. They're closing down their business to avoid being in the way, so their losing money and if they're going to agree to that they want to make sure that the problem is really there.
4. What is the right amount of evidence? How can you
determine the answer to that question?
The right amount of evidence would be a handful of different pieces for example : a video with good quality where you can 100% see the bird, maybe some good quality pictures, recordings that are distinct. It's hard to say I would think that would be enough, but different people have different ideas.
5. Give other examples of public discourse, policy
decisions, or controversial issues where your insights
from this case could be applied.
The public might think the evidence gathered is not enough so they wouldn't cooperate to move the businesses that they own. They might now believe that you or the group you work with are an unreliable source and not trust you the next time you tell them they need your help.
6. Decide how much evidence you would need to accept
the claim that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is not
extinct.
Like I answered in question four, good quality video, high quality pictures, distinct sound recordings.
7. Decide how much evidence you would need to accept
that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is extinct.
There are no more sightings of the bird, no nests trails, sounds.
8. Put yourself in Brad’s position—what would you have
told the reporter?
That we found a video that seems to be the Ivory Woodpecker, but since the video is of such poor quality it is not a for sure statement that the Ivory Woodpecker is not extinct.
9. Does it matter to you who presents the evidence?
It does because if it was some random person we don't know if they know anything about birds and can identify the difference between a Pileated Woodpecker and an Ivory Woodpecker.
10. Who presented the evidence in the real Ivory-billed
Woodpecker case (who was present at the press
conference)?
Brad Murky presented the evidence in the real Ivory- billed Woodpecker case.