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The Popular One: Do the ever-improving tools of an area of knowledge
always result in improved knowledge? Discuss with reference to two
areas of knowledge.

Choose this if:


• You want to find easy evidence
• You want an easy organization
• You want to choose AOKs

Tip: Four Categories


Example 1: No correlation between improved tools & knowledge
Example 2: Some correlation between improved tools & knowledge
Example 3: An improved tool created groundbreaking knowledge
Example 4: An improved tool hindered the AOK, was not helpful

Remember: the answer is clearly no. So you want to figure out the
degree to which the statement is true.

Human Sciences

Surveys and interviews. How has the internet has aYected


information gathering? How could this provide a yes an a no?

Geospatial Data – This is new and cutting edge. How could this not
lead to improved knowledge about humanity and society?

Game Theory – developed in the 1950’s it has many diYerent


applications across the HS. Has definitely led to improved
knowledge. Do new methods of thinking always lead to improved
knowledge?
Capital Asset Pricing Model – tool in economics which creates the
knowledge of what is needed to mitigate risk. Do non-physical tools
always lead to an improvement in knowledge?

Cost-Benefit Analysis – a simple tool that has transcended the HS.

Gold Standard vs Fiat Money – Think about tools that were good, but
eventually were replaced by more robust systems.

Keynesian Cross vs Phillips Curve – both of these models help


create knowledge through prediction. Do they always improve
knowledge once we learn more about society and behavior?

Algorithms in Human Sciences – Are these helpful? Or are they


“opinions embedded in code”? This video shows you how
algorithms are not helpful. IB used algorithms in 2020 with
disasterous outcomes, and AI/algorithmic hiring practices have led
to increased racism!

ChatGPT & Generative AI – this is a tangible tool that could be used


to support a sometimes perspective. Think about how it can write an
essay for you, but then thought that famous white people were
black.
Natural Sciences

The Scientific Method – it’s a tool! I’m not sure that you want to
make this as a main point, but it’s important to keep this in mind.
“Science is a way of thinking more than it is a body of knowledge” –
Sagan.

Physical tools such as X-Ray, MRI, Nanotechnology, and wearable


technology will provide simple, but shallow examples of when
improved tools led to improved knowledge. How can you think about
the implications and eYects to go beyond yes?

CRISPR – Think about how DNA was first analyzed and then how
knowledge has improved through diYerent tools. How could the
ethical issues be considered not an improvement in knowledge?

Similar to CRISPR, how are tools used for cloning creating and
inhibiting knowledge?

Radium as a medical tool – because it was eYective in some


manners, people considered radium to be a huge tool in curing
disease. It wasn’t.

Weather Control – Though cloud seeding is now considered


eYective, other tools were used to try and control the weather. They
failed because of a lack of foundational knowledge of in how the
atmosphere works.
The Arts

Modern Instruments – though they create new music, do they


create/facilitate the spread of improved knowledge?

Digital Music - Has digital distribution of music helped to improve


knowledge?

How New Genres Are Created – Genres are ways of collecting and
understanding knowledge. Do they always improve it?

AI Art Controversy – An artist used AI to win a competition. Does this


improve (or share, produce) knowledge at all? What is the role of AI
in creating knowledge in The Arts?

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