Free Resource to Help your Family Know Science Fact.
免費的資源可以幫助您的家人了解科學事實真相。
We read on Facebook that alcohol would kill Covid, but then we saw that heat and direct sunlight would also do the trick. And finally that the whole thing is a hoax devised to make drug companies rich. So, if you find us lying out in the backyard, mingling maskless with beverages in hand, soaking up some sun, clearly we are conducting important medical experiments! How does anyone know what information to trust these days?
我們在自媒體上讀到，酒精可以殺死新型冠狀病毒，但後來我們發現熱量和陽光直射也可以奏效。最後我們意識到這整個事件都是製藥公司為了致富而設計的騙局。所以，當我們躺在後院沒戴口罩混在一起喝著飲料、曬著太陽浴時，顯然是我們正在進行重要的醫學實驗！如今，我們怎麼知道要相信哪些信息呢？
In these complicated and confusing times we are being bombarded daily with new 『scientific』 facts, unfamiliar terminology, and claims for as yet unproven cures. It is enough to truly make one’s head spin. We all need a framework to examine and test the claims that seem to be based on science but often are not.
在這複雜而令人困惑的時代，我們每天都被新的「科學」事實、不熟悉的術語以及尚未得到證實的治療方法所轟炸，這足以讓人們眼花繚亂。我們都需要一個框架來檢查和測試那些似乎基於科學但通常不是基於科學的觀點。
The best way to investigate a questionable scientific-sounding claim is to ask good questions. You can remember the following three sets of questions using the acronym SAP. A 「sap」 is a fool, and no one wants to be fooled by misinformation!
調查可疑的科學說法的最好方法就是提出來好的問題。您可以使用首字母縮寫詞SAP記住以下三組問題。「SAP」這個詞是傻瓜的意思，沒有人想被錯誤的信息所欺騙！
1) Sources
• Are there good references provided so you know what experts think?
• Do well-qualified people have a different point of view than the one presented?
1）資料來源
•是否提供了很好的參考以便您了解專家的主張？
•是不是有合格有資歷的人提出不一樣的觀點。
2) Author
• Where did the claim come from?
• Is the claim made by a qualified scientist, a reputable group or website?
• Can you even tell who the author is?
2）作者
•觀點出處於何處？
•觀點是由合格的科學家，知名團隊或者是網站發表的嗎？
•您甚至可以說出作者是誰？
3) Purpose
• Why was the information made available?
• Is it because somebody is selling something? In which case we should be extra careful before believing what they say.
• Is the purpose to stir up your emotions, to change your vote, or to provide information?
• Do well-qualified people have a different point of view than the one presented?
3）目的
•為什麼要提供這些信息？
•是因為有些人為了賣產品嗎？在這種情況下，我們應該在信任他們的觀點之前保持嚴謹的態度。
•是為了激起你的情緒，改變你的選票，還是為了提供給你信息？
•是不是有合格有資歷的人提出不一樣的觀點？
Science is the pursuit of explanations of the natural world. It is deeply rooted in the minds of human beings, who for millennia have demonstrated a need to understand the world around them. A full discussion of the nature of science requires more than this one page.
科學是對自然世界的客觀解釋。它深深植根於人類的思想中，幾千年來，人類一直致力於了解周圍的世界，對科學本質的討論遠遠不是我們這一頁能說的清的。
Why? Because these days evidence-based reasoning seems under assault. 「Climate change is a hoax,」 「Next month Mars will look almost as large as the full moon,」 「Babies who listen to our recordings develop higher IQs.」 Social media spreads misinformation widely and rapidly.為什麼我們要做這件事？因為現在以論據得到推理正在受到威脅。「比如說氣候變了不是真的」，「下個月火星看起來會和月亮一樣大」，「嬰孩聽錄音可以提高智商」。自媒體在迅速廣泛的傳播假信息。Here is a list of organizations that might have reliable advice and answers to some of your questions.Physical Health