TOK Lesson                2/16/2017

For this TOK lesson, the class was shown a Ted-ed video about the scientific method. In the video, we were presented with the functionality and capabilities of the human brain, even before we used technology to aid our scientific endeavors. It explains how the earliest scientists became pioneers in their fields because of their curiosity and application of knowledge. The example it gives is the father of geography: Aristotle. It shows how he used basic mathematics and the catalysis act of staring into a well, as a way of measuring large geographical distances.

The video keeps mentioning multiple incredible and groundbreaking feats of human thinking and providing the dates in which they were done to prove that people are fully capable of discovering new things and benefiting society. It also talks about the scientific method, and how we can reach greater levels of analysis by looking at each other's work and co-coordinating our efforts in the pursuit of knowledge. The ultimate point of the video is to show that by expanding awareness or adapting different perspectives, we can discover and explain new things for the betterment of the world.