What I have learned and how I perceive the future

Entering SUU, I decided to major in Biology because of the AP Biology class I took in high school. In high school, I enjoyed learning about molecular biology and was interested in the processes in which energy was metabolized. Although I did not know much about the field of biology, the molecular part is what increased my interest of this field. My thinking process and how I approach different situations are now branched from my scientific education. Throughout the years, I’ve become more skeptical of statements and seek evidence for different claims before developing my own opinion. From an educational standpoint, I excelled in general biology because of the AP Biology class that I took in high school. However, I still had much to learn and didn’t have the in-depth knowledge that I learned by taking the upper division biology courses. Coming to college, I thought I knew a decent amount only to find out that I had no idea about anything. I didn’t know much about chemistry, genetics, ecology, or ochem entering SUU.

I think my biggest insight into how scientist work would be from my Biochemistry course. While going in-depth on topics I knew nothing about, I realized that scientists are people who try to find the truth through experimentation. This means that instead of just thinking our hypothesis is right and arguing those who oppose it (like politics) we actual do experiments to find out what really happens. Through null hypotheses, we can determine if a hypothesis is viable or not. Eventually, an answer can be formed from the given evidence but due to advancements in technology, our views and “answers” for different things will change in the following years. Scientists work and think based on the motivation to discover new things and to solve the unknown. Additionally, I learned that the best conclusion we can come up with for specific scientific processes is “it’s complicated.” There are so many things that work together and are interconnected that it would take forever to describe everything in detail. There have been processes in which we didn’t think were related to other things such as diabetes with cancer development. I think scientist think in ways that everyone should think. With skeptical minds and a desire to find truths about the world around us would help develop technology faster and improve living conditions for everyone.

The world revolves around science. Not only in the medical field, but in different areas of interest as well. Advancements in technology, machinery, developing more efficient ways of production, and even the other fields of study that don’t really matter to me will be improved in some way or another. Across history, we have thought that our technological improvements would hit a peak to which we understand everything in the world; however, I find this to be naïve because of how knowledge and facts change based on new discoveries. The scientific field isn’t meant to be “proof” that something is right, it is simply the field in which people work together to find the truth and seek to understand the world around us. Hopefully in the near future more scientist discover new innovations that will make living conditions better for the majority. As time progresses, more technological advances improve the lives of people across the world. There are still underserved countries, but over time I see science overcoming the shortages in economic success in these countries. We, as the new generation, are responsible for continuing the scientific progress and experimentation that our previous scientist did before us. Additionally, the climate change and lack of resources will drive scientists to figure out solutions to these problems. It doesn’t necessarily help when the people running one of the biggest countries in the world thing global warming was made up by the Chinese.