name: title class: title, middle ## Science as Critical Thinking Alex Hernández-García (he/il/él) .turquoise[Yoshua Bengio's Lab Retreat · October 11th 2023] .center[ <a href="https://mila.quebec/"><img src="../assets/images/slides/logos/mila-beige.png" alt="Mila" style="height: 4em"></a> <a href="https://www.umontreal.ca/"><img src="../assets/images/slides/logos/udem-white.png" alt="UdeM" style="height: 4em"></a> ] .smaller[.footer[ Slides: [alexhernandezgarcia.github.io/slides/yb-retreat-oct23](https://alexhernandezgarcia.github.io/slides/yb-retreat-oct23) ]] --- name: title class: title, middle ## What is a scientist? .center[] --- ## What is a scientist? .left-column[ .center[] .center[] ] .right-column[ .center[] .center[] ] --- ## What is _my ideal_ scientist? -- <br><br><br><br> .center[] --- ## The scientist and the world -- > "Objectivity is one the principles underlying the scientific approach." -- > "A scientist shall detach from their personal values and passions so that they do not interfere with their subject of study." -- > "Is value free or autonomous science methodologically possible? If so, to what extent?" -- > "Value-laden or ideologically informed science is always bad science." --- ## The scientist and the world ### Insights from (a critical perspective of) Philosophy of Science .references[ Helen Longino, _Science as Social Knowledge_. 1990. ] -- - To what extent do or should scientific theories shape moral and social values? - To what extent do social and moral values shape scientific theories? -- <br><br><br> .center[] --- ## The scientist and the world ### Insights from (a critical perspective of) Philosophy of Science .references[ Helen Longino, _Science as Social Knowledge_. 1990. ] -- > _"I will argue not only that scientific practices and content on the one hand and social needs and values on the other are in dynamic interaction but that the logical and cognitive structures of scientific inquiry require such interactions"_ -- > "The knowledge and culture of a class society reflect the interests of its ruling class." -- > "Societies in which one race or sex (or one race-sex combination) is dominant generally distribute their resources disproportionally." -- > "Hypotheses become knowledge when they are subjected to scrutiny from diverse perspectives, especially by those with diverse beliefs and values." --- name: title class: title, middle ## So, what can I do? .center[] --- ## So, what can I do? ### Watch .center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/picture_a_scientist.jpg" alt="Picture a Scientist (2020)" style="width: 30%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Picture a Scientist (2020)]</figcaption> </figure> ] --- ## So, what can I do? ### Read .columns-4-left[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/science_as_social_knowledge.gif" alt="Science as Social Knowledge, Helen Longino (1990)" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Science as Social Knowledge, Helen Longino (1990)]</figcaption> </figure> ]] .columns-4-center-left[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/atlas_of_ai.jpg" alt="Atlas of AI, Kate Crawford (2021)" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Atlas of AI, Kate Crawford (2021)]</figcaption> </figure> ]] .columns-4-center-right[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/race_after_technology.jpg" alt="Race After Technology, Ruha Benjamin (2019)" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Race After Technology, Ruha Benjamin (2019)]</figcaption> </figure> ]] .columns-4-right[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/braiding_sweetgrass.jpg" alt="Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013)" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013)]</figcaption> </figure> ]] --- ## So, what can I do? ### Act .center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/sftp.png" alt="Science for the People" style="width: 60%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Science for the People]</figcaption> </figure> ] .references[ [www.scienceforthepeople.ca](http://www.scienceforthepeople.ca/) ] --- ## So, what can I do? ### Act (and read) .columns-4-left[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/sftp_cooperation.jpg" alt="Cooperation" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Cooperation]</figcaption> </figure> ]] .columns-4-center-left[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/sftp_bleeding_earth.png" alt="Bleeding Earth" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Bleeding Eearth]</figcaption> </figure> ]] .columns-4-center-right[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/sftp_science_under_occupation.png" alt="Science under occupation" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[Science under occupation]</figcaption> </figure> ]] .columns-4-right[.center[ <figure> <img src="../assets/images/slides/science-as-critical-thinking/sftp_the_science_we_need.png" alt="The Science we need" style="width: 95%"> <figcaption>.smaller[The Science we need]</figcaption> </figure> ]] .references[ [magazine.scienceforthepeople.org](https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/) ] --- name: title class: title, middle  > "El buen investigador o investigadora es, sobre todo, una buena persona" .cite[Fernando Maestre] Alex Hernández-García (he/il/él) .center[ <a href="https://mila.quebec/"><img src="../assets/images/slides/logos/mila-beige.png" alt="Mila" style="height: 3em"></a> <a href="https://www.umontreal.ca/"><img src="../assets/images/slides/logos/udem-white.png" alt="UdeM" style="height: 3em"></a> ] .footer[[alexhernandezgarcia.github.io](https://alexhernandezgarcia.github.io/) | [alex.hernandez-garcia@mila.quebec](mailto:alex.hernandez-garcia@mila.quebec)]<br> .footer[[@alexhg@scholar.social](https://scholar.social/@alexhg) [](https://scholar.social/@alexhg) | [@alexhdezgcia](https://twitter.com/alexhdezgcia) [](https://twitter.com/alexhdezgcia)] .smaller[.footer[ Slides: [alexhernandezgarcia.github.io/slides/yb-retreat-oct23](https://alexhernandezgarcia.github.io/slides/yb-retreat-oct23) ]]