Science is a vital part of our future and we must strive to keep it at the forefront of our education. In order to grow as scientists we must integrate new ways of making discoveries, such as art, into the scientific method. A quote from “We Must Protect U.S. Investment in Scientific Knowledge” by Mark B. Boslough describes the importance of keeping the passion for science alive. The quote reads ” unfortunately, even after the successes of 20th-century science, there are a lot of people who still don’t like (or understand) the scientific method. Science is now under attack from many directions.” This means that we must work extra hard to keep the passion for science alive. There are a great numbers of naysayers who reject science and ignore scientific facts. A possible reason for this is that it is not as accessible to many people as it could be. In Yo-Yo Ma’s essay “Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education” he talks about the importance of integrating arts and empathy into the scientific curriculum. He states “the values behind arts integration–collaboration, flexible thinking, and disciplined imagination–lead to the capacity to innovate.” Many people are not interested in science because they favor the arts and do not feel like they have the mental capacity to be a scientist. Integrating art into the scientific method will make it more accessible to a greater number of people. Ma’s and Boslough’s ideas can work together to decrease the number of people who claim that science is not as important as it is. Integrating art into science will encourage us to grow our understandings, come up with new hypotheses, and reach a greater audience.
Your nuanced argument is wonderful. It’s important to keep science at the forefront of education, and in order to do this, we should integrate creative thinking/art into how we approach the scientific method.
There is so much to unpack! Because this is such a wonderfully dense argument, you will want to strive for clarity above all things. Make sure that your sentences build on each other–which means you will need to cut sentences that don’t necessarily advance your logic.