Lesson 2

USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Stephen Leacock

Q. 1:   How has the scientific method helped us in our fight against disease?

Ans:    Today we eat fresh food and live in clean environment.

Q. 2:   Write a note on the better sanitary conditions available in our cities today and compare them with what were like a hundred years ago.

Ans:    Today our city streets are clean and paved. They were dirty and unpaved a hundred years ago.

Q. 3:   What are the sanitary conditions like in our villages today and how would you improve them?

Ans:    The streets are narrow and unpaved. We need to set up a department of sanitation.

Q. 4:   How has the scientific method helped us in the production and preservation of foods?

Ans:    Food is being produced using the ploughing and harvesting machines and preserved using freezing and drying method.

Q. 5:   We are now generally less fearful than our ancestors. What were our ancestors afraid to?

Ans:    Our ancestors were afraid of black cat’s, broken mirror and number 13.

Q. 6:   How has the scientific method enabled us to get over the old fears?

Ans:    Science has told us that there is always a reason behind every happening.

Q. 7:   What part did astrology play in the lives of men and women in the past? Give examples.

Ans:    Astrology had affected the life of people of past to a great extent.

Q. 8:   Describe some of the superstitions still current in our country. How do they affect the lives of those who believe in them?

Ans:    They believed that a guest will come if a crow crows on the walls. Such superstitions cause fear in them.