In the Hunt Library, download and read the essay The Moths of War by Jaap de Roo
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In the Hunt Library, download and read the essay The Moths of War by Jaap de Roode, from the December 8, 2007 issue ofNew Scientist (this essay is also titled "Reclaiming the peppered moth", in the ScienceDirect database).
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Post a review of this article and the controversy surrounding the peppered moth studies. Identify which statements that scientists made that could have been misconstrued by non-scientists. Were the statements that scientists made inaccurate? How were they taken out of context? What happened to the reputation of the original scientist who did the peppered moth experiments? Were the original experiments ever truly inaccurate? Point out which arguments and which declarations were based on negative critical thinking habits-of-mind, and which ones seemed more positive. Discuss among your peers how the non-scientific community used the statements of scientists, and whether they were using critical thinking skills in their application of them. How did other scientists react to the allegations against the peppered moth experiments? Did they simply concede that something was wrong and leave it at that? Based on your previous studies about the scientific method in Module 1, consider the efforts that scientists must go to in order to review older science for continued credibility, and what they must do if previously understood science is called into question from outside the scientific community. Do they immediately throw away the old science and start fresh? Why or why not?
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Peppered moth is a fly creature which became a notable instance in evolution of colour variation in the species, it had drawn attention of various scientists after the approval of Darwin, and were used in many books for reference and example of evolution.They are increased as the industries increased. And soonafter some anti evolutionist made allegation over giving the reference or examples in books, they asked scientists to give a full prove of evolution which are not present yet. Therefore, during sometime the example of this creature being vanished from the books, and are the debateable topic among scientists.