Science, Technology and Society

• The word "science" originally comes from the Latin word for "knowledge"
• The word "technology" comes from the Greek words "Techne and logos"
• Western civilization focuses on the individual, while Eastern civilization focuses on the community
• Technology plays a role in economic advancement for countries that can produce focal industries goods for domestic needs
• Flourishing is the highest good of human attempt to achieve his/her goal
• Flourishing in terms of people's experience is described as positivity
• Overconsumption of resources is what the majority of people in middle and high-income countries believe puts the planet and society at risk
• A compass is a technology developed in China for reliable navigation
• Tycho Brahe believed that the sun and moon revolve around the Earth
• Science can be traced back to the Age of Reason of the 18th century
• Ancient people became permanent settlers during the Neolithic period
• The Sumerian Civilization developed the first handwriting system known as Cuneiform
• The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space
• The scientific method involves forming and testing hypotheses
• Peer review helps to ensure that a scientist's research is original, significant, logical, and thorough
• Scientific inquiry begins with a problem to solve or a question to answer
• Abelardo Aguilar invented Erythromycin
• Nation-building involves creating a peaceful society, building the society's economy to meet the basic needs of citizens, and developing human rights under the rule of law
• During the Arroyo administration, the Philippines served as the innovation hub in Asia, known as "Filipinnovation"
• President Ferdinand Marcos declared that the advancement of science and technology shall have priority in national development
• The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines was enacted during Ramos' presidency
• President Corazon Aquino was in office when the science and technology master plan was crafted aiming for the country to be a newly industrialized country
• The Philippine Atomic Energy Commission was established during the Marcos Era and Martial Law period
• The old name of the Department of Science and Technology was the National Science and Technology Authority
• STAND Philippines 2000 was initiated during President Ramos' term and embodied the country's technology development plan for the period 1993-1998
• Generosity is repeatedly being unselfish
• Reusing is one of the 7Rs of Janus when he decided to use his old toothbrush instead of throwing it away
• Inductive reasoning is most closely resembled by the example of plants growing better when exposed to music
• Materialism claims that comfort, pleasure, and wealth are the only highest goal
• Humanism affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape their own lives
• Environmentalism evokes the necessity and responsibility of humans to respect, protect, and preserve the natural world from abusive or wrong use
• Humanism is the belief that the world is a place for discovery to improve the lives of its inhabitants
• Stoicism claims that happiness can only be attained by a careful practice of apathy
• Theists believe that the ultimate basis of happiness is communion with God
• Eudaimonia refers to the pinnacle of happiness according to Aristotle
• Social Anthropology can be advanced as a response to the environment by humans
• Republic Act No. 9512 declared November as National Environmental Awareness Month
• Biofuel is desirable as an alternative source of energy for various reasons, except for the absence of sulfur byproducts
• Empedocles believed that the composition of matter surrounding the Earth includes elements other than gas
• Global advocacy is needed to reduce greenhouse emissions to protect the ecological environment as per the Kyoto Protocol