Splash Biography
JOHN VENTURA, Yale graduate student studying microbiology
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Major: Microbial Pathogenesis College/Employer: Yale Year of Graduation: G |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
I taught community college classes in introductory Biology, Microbiology, and Immunology and I was a teaching assistant for two years while I worked on my Master's of Science from the University of Rhode Island. I was accepted to the Yale BBS PhD program and I now research retrovirology and HIV pathogenesis and transmission in the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)C2144: An Introduction to Skepticism in Sprout Fall 16 (Oct. 01 - 15, 2016)
What actually is science? How is logical different from illogical? Admittedly, one of the most important outcomes of education is learning how to think. Today we live with persistent distraction and seemingly endless amounts of information. We are all guilty of flawed thinking and logical fallacies and we associate with people who are simply unaware of, or even worse, trying to gain from, misinformation. Therefore, we must learn how to distinguish between clear thinking and irrational thinking, good science from pseudoscience. This class is a simple introduction to the topic of skepticism and logic, and how we perceive truth in science and our daily lives.
C1845: An Introduction to Skepticism in Sprout Spring 16 (Feb. 13 - 27, 2016)
What actually is science? How is logical different from illogical? Admittedly, one of the most important outcomes of education is learning how to think. Today we live with persistent distraction and seemingly endless amounts of information. We are all guilty of flawed thinking and logical fallacies and we associate with people who are simply unaware of, or even worse, trying to gain from, misinformation. Therefore, we must learn how to distinguish between clear thinking and irrational thinking, good science from pseudoscience. This class is a simple introduction to the topic of skepticism and logic, and how we perceive truth in science and our daily lives.
H1616: The Rational Endeavor: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science in Splash Summer 15 (Jul. 25 - 26, 2015)
It is a serious tragedy that the philosophy of Science is kept concealed from many of us during our formative education. This class will investigate the question of whether anything pursued by a rational process can ever be proven true, scary stuff. We will discuss how science was originated and how it works while meandering into some fundamentals of formal logic, computability theory (computers and such) and skepticism and how they all tie into this silly notion of "critical thinking". This is a philosophy class, which means you are more than welcome to question, disturb, decry, and deny!
F1113: An Introduction to Skepticism in Sprout Summer 2014 (Jul. 12 - Aug. 02, 2014)
What actually is science? How is logical different from illogical? Admittedly, one of the most important outcomes of education is learning how to think. Today we live with persistent distraction and seemingly endless amounts of information. We are all guilty of flawed thinking and logical fallacies and we associate with people who are simply unaware of, or even worse, trying to gain from, misinformation. Therefore, we must learn how to distinguish between clear thinking and irrational thinking, good science from pseudoscience. This class is a simple introduction to the topic of skepticism and logic, and how we perceive truth in science and our daily lives.
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