Discussion+invited

1 Ponder on the following statement and post your contribution to the discussion by 19/1/10.

**"We see and understand things not as they are but as we are..."**

2 A video from real life situation. Watch & explain how does technology distort the meaning of beauty.


 * 3 Watch this Video clip

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Now answer the following questions:
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2. Think about the statement “other people, with their differences, can also be right” (from the IBO’s mission statement). To what extent is the ancient knowledge of indigenous cultures an example of this?

3. To what extent are these ways of knowing demonstrated in the contrast between modern scientific understanding of the effects of the active ingredients and the ancient wisdom of the shaman: sense perception, reason and emotion.

4. Discuss the impacts of disappearing cultures on scientific knowledge and understanding. Could modern science be used to help preserve cultures and wisdom?

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In this task you are expected to give your ideas on two of the questions posted below.

Post a message in ‘reply’ in discussion of this page. References :http://sciencevideos.wordpress.com/tok-and-biology

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