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Prezadas (os),

A Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Inovação convida toda a comunidade USP para o
evento *USP Lecture - The proper use of Ignorance in Academia*, com o
*Prof. Stuart
Firestein* da Columbia University, a ser realizado no dia* 04 de agosto, às
10h*, na Sala do Conselho Universitário. O evento será transmitido
no YouTube e não haverá tradução para o português. Para os que participarem
presencialmente, haverá emissão de certificado.

Por favor, pedimos que divulguem o evento em suas Unidades.

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*USP Lecture - T**he proper use of Ignorance in Academia*
*Prof. Stuart Firestein (Columbia University)*

*Data*: *04/08/2022* (quinta-feira) - *10h00*
*Transmissão*: *http://e.usp.br/usp-lecture* <http://e.usp.br/usp-lecture>

*Abstract: **It is almost trivial to say that science is based on ignorance
– on the unknown.  But this idea that we all agree with implicitly is
harder to see explicitly in practice.  One issue is the word itself and its
many layers of meaning. There is all sorts of ignorance – low quality
ignorance and high quality ignorance.  Distinguishing between them is one
of the things we mean  by critical thinking. The main purpose of gaining
knowledge is to use it to pose better, more sophisticated questions. But
this is not what we teach or publicize as science. Rather, we believe it to
be a pile of facts and formulas and rules – from the scientific method to
Newton’s formulas. How do we alter education and mass media to concentrate
on questions rather than facts?  Only science poses questions – pseudo
science and other charlatan practices always have the answers. *

*Mini-Bio: **Dr. Stuart Firestein is the former Chair of Columbia
University's Department of Biological Sciences where his laboratory studies
the vertebrate olfactory system, possibly the best chemical detector on the
face of the planet. Aside from its molecular detection capabilities, the
olfactory system serves as a model for investigating general principles and
mechanisms of signaling and perception in the brain. His laboratory seeks
to answer that fundamental human question: How do I smell? Dedicated to
promoting the accessibility of science to a public audience, Firestein
serves as an advisor for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s program for the
Public Understanding of Science, where he reviews scripts for the Ensemble
Studio Theatre/Sloan Science and Technology Program, and for the Tribeca
and Hamptons International Film Festivals. In 2011 he received the Lenfest
Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award for excellence in scholarship and
teaching. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, an Alfred Sloan Fellow and
a Guggenheim Fellow. He recently joined the Santa Fe Institute as a member
of the (visiting) Fractal Faculty. At Columbia he is on the Advisory boards
of the Center for Science and Society (CSS) and the Presidential Scholars
in Society and Neuroscience –both centers for interdisciplinary work
between the sciences and the humanities. His book on the workings of
science for a general audience called Ignorance, How it Drives Science was
released by Oxford University Press in 2012. His second book, Failure:
Why Science is So Successful, appeared in October 2015. They have been
translated into 12 languages. He is a regular contributor to Nautilus
magazine.*


Atenciosamente,

Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Inovação
Universidade de São Paulo
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