Module 4 STS

Jimenez, Kristine D.
BSARCH 3B
MODULE 2 ASSIGNMENT
ARTICLE: The role of cultural practices in the emergence of modern human intelligence
1. Summary (Highlight of the Issue)
- Involvement in cultural practices develop the intelligence and awareness of humans, and refusing to
participate in these cultural practices may lead to slower development of the brain and its intellect.
2. Applications to Life
- People may start valuing and participating in their own cultural practices more when they found out in this
article that involving yourself more with culture makes you more self-aware and intelligent in all aspects.
3. Sample Situation
- Kids in movies and documentaries that were taught the practice of their own culture are usually more
intelligent and self-aware about their environment.
4. Insights
- Parents and the other branches of society are very crucial in developing cultural awareness and values within
humans because not only does it make us aware of who we are, but also develop values, judgments, and
intelligence on the environment that we are living in.
MODULE 4 ASSIGNMENT
VIDEO CLIP WATCHED: The future of technology and Humanity: a provocative film by Futurist Speaker Gerd
Leonhard
5. Summary of the video (Highlight of the Issue)
- Technology is an undeniable part of our life and it may even converge with the human body in the near
future. This could result to both positive and negative effects such as progressive human advancement,
compromised data privacy, and technology developing its own consciousness which might turn against
humans someday.
6. Applications to Life
- The video clip wants us to warn about over-reliance to artificial intelligence and giving out too much data on
the internet which could be exploited by criminals. People would apply this warning in life by refraining from
posting too much information on the internet, and being too reliant on A.I that limits their abilities as a
human.
7. Sample Situation
- Students nowadays rely more on ChatGPT, an A.I model designed to cater the questions and needs of the
students who are too lazy to do their school works. This situation just shows how over-reliant humans can be
on technology and how it hinders human intellectual development.
8. Insights
- Technology is good and helpful, but only in moderate use. Technology may be projected to develop its own
consciousness and emotional intelligence in the near future thanks to all the data that we give out on the
internet, but nothing can replace the awareness, emotional intelligence, and genuineness of humans.
Jimenez, Kristine D.
BSARCH 3B
Step 01: Pre-viewing

A. Title of film: The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism
B. What do you think you will see in this movie? List 3 concepts or ideas and 3 people that you might expect to see
based on the title of the movie.
Concepts/Ideas People
01. Negative effects of Scientism in the Society 01. Historians
02. Science vs. Religion 02. Scientists
03. Science as Magic 03. University Professors
Step 02: Viewing: Check all that applies

A. Type of movie
_____ Cartoon _____ Based on true story _____ Documentary _____ Silent Movie _____ Other
B. Physical qualities
_____ Music _____ Animation or cartoon _____ Narration _____ Dramatizations _____ Special effects _____
Background noise _____ Black & White _____ Color _____ Live action
C. What is the mood or tone of the film?

- Skeptic and Informative on the different viewpoints about scientism
Step 03: Post-viewing

A. High-light the things that you listed in the previewing activity that were validated by your viewing of the movie.
Concepts/Ideas
01. Science can be used to gain power and authority
02. People blindly believe ideas just like in religion if one says that this idea is based from science.
03. Science is like magic that makes us believe and get fascinated on things we can’t quite reason out yet
People
01. Angus Menuge, Editor
02. Victor Reppert, Author
03. Jay Richards, Author
04.
B. What is the central or most important message of the movie?
- Science is a powerful knowledge that can control people towards good that may lead to progress, or towards bad
leading to our downfall.
Step 03: Post-viewing
C. Consider the effectiveness of the movie in communicating its message. As a tool of communication, what are its
strengths and weaknesses?
- The ideas are communicated effectively since the speakers talked in an engaging manner which leaves the viewers
intrigued: this already is a strength of the movie. The only weakness is that it presented a lot of skeptic ideas about
science that it left more questions than answers for the viewers.
D. Does this movie appeal to the viewer’s reason or emotion? How does it make you feel?
- The movie appeals because the narrators are engaging and discussing intriguing viewpoints about science. It also
makes me feel skeptic about the concepts that I already know about science
E. List 2 things this movie tells you about life in the Philippines at the time it was creating?
1. In the year 2012, Science is developing in the Philippines as the government partnered with United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) for scientific research development in the country
2. The “end of the world” craze in 2012, which is a testament of the movie’s claim that people will believe anything if
it is labeled as science.
F. Write a question to the filmmaker that is left unanswered by the movie.

- Can science really convey the truth, or is it just a part of what we see from our own perspectives?
G. What information do you gain about this event that would not be conveyed by a written source? Be specific
and write your reference in APA style (6th Edition)
- The theory of Natural Selection just proves how people can be gullible with ideas that are named as science
because how could a mindless process for survival produce minds and awareness?
West, J. (2012). The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPeyJvXU68k

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Step 01: Pre-viewing

Step 02: Viewing: Check all that applies

C. What is the mood or tone of the film?

Step 03: Post-viewing

Step 03: Post-viewing

F. Write a question to the filmmaker that is left unanswered by the movie.

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