The role of human emotions in science and research | Ilona Stengel
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Do human emotions have a role to play in science and research? Material researcher Ilona Stengel suggests that instead of opposing each other, emotions and logic complement and reinforce each other. She shares a case study on how properly using emotions (like the empowering feeling of being dedicated to something meaningful) can boost teamwork and personal development -- and catalyze scientific breakthroughs and innovation.
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The best relatable example for cultivation of passion and dedication for one's goal. Great one!
1. According to the presentation, scientists cannot be completely objective when conducting research. This is because scientists are human beings who inherently have emotions and biases. As mentioned in the example of Mr. Spock, even a character who is known for his logical thinking and lack of emotions still experiences a constant conflict between logic and emotions. In reality, scientists may unconsciously let their emotions and biases influence their research process, interpretation of data, and the conclusions they draw.
For example, if a scientist has a personal bias or emotional attachment to a specific outcome of their research, they may unintentionally manipulate the data or interpret it in a way that supports their desired result. Emotions can also affect the selection of research questions or hypotheses, as they may prioritize topics that they feel personally connected to or passionate about.
2. The consequences of emotions in scientific research can be both positive and negative. On the positive side, emotions can provide motivation and drive to scientists, fueling their passion for their work. Emotions can lead scientists to ask important questions, take risks, and explore new avenues of research. They can add a sense of excitement and curiosity, which can ultimately lead to breakthroughs and innovation.
However, emotions can also have negative consequences. Biases and personal attachments can lead to biased research and false conclusions. Emotions might hinder objectivity and lead to subjective interpretation of data. There is a risk that emotions can cloud judgment and distort scientific findings, potentially leading to incorrect information being disseminated.
It is important for scientists to be aware of their emotions and biases, and to actively work towards mitigating their impact on their research. This can be done through peer review, rigorous methodologies, transparent reporting, and fostering an environment of critical thinking and collaboration. By acknowledging and addressing the influence of emotions, scientists can strive for more objective and reliable scientific research outcomes.
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great luck :O
Same!
I was writing a TOK journal and my knowledge question was to what extent do emotions limit the production of knowledge in natural sciences.
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Emotional intelligence is extremely vital ! But for reasons unknown people look at is as a taboo topic. EQ what determines all of decisions both good and bad . And wether you make a good or bad decision depends on your level of EQ ! Thanks for the talk ✌🏽
There is no such thing as EQ. www.inc.com/quora/its-time-to-stop-talking-about-eq-because-it-doesnt-actually-exist.html
It exists as much as everything else we've made up; and we talk a surprising amount more about what we've made up than what we've discovered and are trying to discover about what's actual.
Wrong. Some made up concepts are more true than the others. And by true I mean they describe reality more accurately. If you can't determine what EQ actually is and test it to determine what it means to have high or low EQ than the concept is nothing more than a pseudo-science and can't be used to achieve anything because it's simply has no practical use.
Talismantra well said my friend!
I think the term EQ is just maturity. It’s using your own emotions in an intelligent way. The only way feelings affect the real world is through action. So the question becomes will the action inspired by your emotions produce a desirable outcome or just bring personal gratification, and what real world costs are attached.
It's like nothing can escape from the studying :0
That graph is incredibly misleading. There's no scale on the y-axis, and the spacing of dates in the x-axis is inconsistent.
SNHU sent me here
'Science is made by humans' - wut? Lol
When teams are too big and everyone is responsible, what ends up happening is no one is responsible. When you have a small team and only one person is responsible things tend to be much more efficient.
Whilst emotion has no place in objective scientific pursuit. Ones desire to discover is influence by emotion but this is also dangerous and can lead to biases.
The feminisation of science has led to its stalling.
Emotions and logic do not oppose each other. They complement and reinforce each other.
Nice talk!
This is when a natural scientists (physics?) ventures inside the realm of social sciences. Here results are not measurable like natural sciences but are none the less a science. Human value system are exposed and applied.
Per Nicolaisen Agreed
she is a chemist ( she said that at the begining of the video )
Confirmation bias usually comes from overly emotional scientists.
Yeah but still
What if she's talking about a case of sunk cost fallacy which just happened to pay off in the end? You can't draw the conclusion that it's going to be like that in every situation.
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Even at the vert best of artificial intelligence is to make life easier to make the complex in to simplicity, and I don't need it. As a human being I exalt in all my agency if a task is difficult it is to me to think why I need it to be done, and if the answer is still yes for some really great payoff I redouble the effort, but I could also shed needless aggravations, so yes every once in a while I am a quitter. But I am man hear me roar if a moment is meant to feel pain I will feel the pain, or any other uncomfort. And I will never unnecessarily make my victory to complete to shy away from the stings and arrows of critique. I will let the birds of the air sing and the crawling of the field crawl, just as they have done in the beginning, and till the very last I will say I am my brothers keeper just as I am my own, I keep the sky, wind and water so I can pass all of it in their glories to the younger and they could give it to theirs. Sorry I Robot it's the scrap yards for you.
Human emotion can be weakness and strengths
mostly weakness
Science are observations. Not a creation. Smh. Emotion is important to humans. But there isn’t a reason to express ones own personal emotions on an observation. We didn’t learn about a bunch of scientist emotions. We learn about their own observations. The moment they use emotion in their observation, is the moment they can explain what they observing therefore god. Look at many top scientist of history. Every time they got stumped and started to get emotional they used god as an explanation of why something is the way it is.
ReformedThe I don’t understand emotion. Its just an annoyance
Emotions are like superstition, a remnant of times past.
God, love, hate, devil, happy, spirit, wrath, sad...
Every emotion is like a chapter of someones "holy" book.
Let it end.
ReformedThe I agree. And often a show/docu series there are archeologists and scientists with " Finds". They set out to disprove the Bible, but end up proving the Bible with further evidence. Their evidence can prove where actual events from the Bible took place. Well, If we didnt know already.
It's Wonderful I think. Being raised by the good book, and a believer still. I do enjoy archeology and science as well. Without science, we could not find further information on items found on "digs".
LeiAnne Stevens that's because, like it or not, the Bible is full of History.
this lesson is usually taught in cartoons, especially anime were the power of friendship always saves the day, like any shonan jump anime
she goes into one role... which might be better (and more broadly) classified as the role of human emotions in team work and task engagement... emotions have a valuable role to play in the actual direct subject matter and direction of science too... Jane Goodall puts it well in relation to behavioural sciences (ruclips.net/video/3evDHRlBV6E/видео.html) but it also applies to all science... how do we know what questions to ask, what directions to go in? Logic doesn't tell us what we want to do... it just helps us be a little more consistent and practical in how we go about that...
Scientist and Fan of Star trek, I sense Sheldon cooper here.
so you basically said nothing, and the title of your talk is so misleading, I'm yet to see someone arguing against the group spirit, fraternity or whatever human aspect that a team of scientists can be engaged in. dedication and believing in the work you do is not really what anyone would call "emotions in science".
Excellent case study. With dedicated, competent and motivated people production goes up with minimal supervision. Too often the situation is reversed with a mix of marginally dedicated, barely competent and barely motivated people that require intense supervision.
Motivated, competent people do not need supervision as much as they need facilitators.
So in other words feelings have no place in science, rather dedication is important in scientists.
Dedication comes from feelings...
MysticKenji2 the distinction being “in scientists” not in science. The practice of science and science itself are divorced and that is a very important distinction.
"...to sell the patents for real value." ='( Cool that the nerds still got the sick science done for glory and eternal fame as the suits ran around trying to lose less money. Science wins. Flawless, etc...
Not really sure of the point of this talk. This is not new nor is it surprising. You could also call it enthusiasm for your job and that you are prepared to take some risks to pursue what you believed in..... again nothing new nor surprising
Very good.......hope Sophia! watches this inspiring messages. thanks
Does determination really qualify as an emotion?
determination comes from somewhere and often emotion fuels it
Sounds a very insignificant observation. Stating the obvious. Good communication and teamwork of course, is more productive than having bad communication and no teamwork. Money is needed for science and research, the company you work for dictates whether they want to continue research not workers emotions. Questioning things give birth to science, this airy fairy new notion that emotions can help greatly, with creativity and innovation,is an illusion. Just like the curent state of universities around the world at the moment, emotions are stunting human progress, in science and cultural social issues. Talking of star trek, emotions are causing many problems in the world. They are like the borg, killing everyone who fights them and brainwashing, others till their is no individuality left.
Sounds like your team should have been working harder from the beginning. Then perhaps you would not have been shut down. All I see is that work in the early part was slow and once you found out you were being shut down productivity instantly increased. Shocking. To say emotion plays as important part in science as does empirical data and logic is ludicrous. A good path to bad experiments and false conclusions because your bias interferes with you objectivity.
we all know piccard is the best
Saying humans have feelings whilst working on scientific breakthroughs is different to saying emotion is important to scientific discovery...
I love TED. All topics. This was ...not TED...sorry But I had to stop watching it...
Man she's cute. She opened talking about star trek and I really think she looks like Dax from DS9. Oh, and her talk was good too.
Spock has always been a role model and my first Star Trek love. And then there was Data, my next favorite
SCIENCE = EMOTIONLESS
But scientists can get emotional, and that's normal. Emotion can affect the speed and scope of science projects, but never the conclusion. Just don't let emotion interferes with your judgment, which should be based on evidence and logic and nothing else.
Emotions = God
I am not a big fan of TED talks but I LOVED this one. Thanks, I. Stengel!
Carl Sagan taught me fearless and uncompromising inquisitiveness and life-consuming wonder in the same stroke. I also share a birthday with Nimoy.
Very interesting. However I couldn't disagree more about the conditions she presented for bringing emotions into science... It is not so much emotion than self preservation and competition that worked in her story. I'm all for accepting and benefiting from emotions in any field but if it could be good emotions... Otherwise I think it would work for short times and end up in quitting, burn outs or suicides.
Good emotion is necessary for it not to suppress logic. Emotion helps us communicate with our body and help us make decision faster based on previous and evolutionary logic. It's like remembering that 1+1 = 2 but it's more complicated.
She's a scientist? Interesting....cute too. lol
How many times is she gonna show the devil's horns?
We need to stop using tv shows as examples in my opinion.
I hate Science optimist.
this is why i keep saying minimum wage is a bad thing. instead of raising minimum wage we should focus on cutting costs down across the whole globe.
everything in life matters, as every thing is made up of matter.
No matter how many comparison you do the moment you fall asleep a value is applied.
I prefer Data over Spock tbh
Excellent examples and well spoken to finding that balance. Seen this time and time again over 25+ years. I've also been watching OLED tech from the beginning and find this example atypical in that the 80/20 rule was broken by passion, empowerment and dedication...Wish it could work this way More Often. Businesses Take Note.
Saya bahasa indonesia iklan & Videonya dipanteng
Good
Nice talking
Great, great, great :>
Good work
I thought she was a model..
ReallyUnrealReality low standards lo
A great talk!
Curious, why not call him Dr. Spock?
JulyFitness . Maybe because that was never the character's name. Not ever.
Talismantra neither was Mr. Spock
Do you assert Spock was never called Mister Spock in the show? He wasn't a doctor, but there was a "Dr Spock" was a published pediatrician last century. Quite unrelated.
Talismantra no tbh I'm not a Trekie but every male in my family is. I just never heard him referred to as such. Even Google returns results for Dr. Spock from Star Trek
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What a ridiculous talk....
this video offends me
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That's your choice - even if it that actually is your response.
Bruce 😂
OMG, I haven't notice any ring on her fingers ... She is so cute that I am convince I will improve exponentially my capabilities if I will work with Miss Ilona Stengel in the same organization, thanks for my everyday "emotions" ! And oh, I forgot to introduce myself :
I am Mr.Spock's nephew ! :)
So emotional...
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Amen
Haha
Prithu Sharma what ?
mhtinla what
Emotions = God
Human emotions play no role in scientific discourse. Of course it’s a woman trying to shoehorn her subjective opinion into the sciences. Science does not care about what you feel, science cares about what is.
Doesn't science care about what was, what could be or what is not?
You completely missed the point
Back at ya...
Level Joe sorry I meant the guy above not you :)
I actually agree with you 😅
I think this makes it obvious why we need to keep women out of the sciences...and the voting booth.
Along with people that have next to no idea what punctuation is for!
There I fixed it
Poggers
It’s a movie!! LoL