What's the difference between indoctrination and science?

Indoctrination


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Breivik, for instance, congratulated himself in his manifesto for becoming a “self-financed and self-indoctrinated single individual attack cell”.
  • (2) Once the young man was indoctrinated and trained, the FSB sent him back to the United States with instructions to set off a bomb at the next big sporting event.
  • (3) They are simply places to which kids are sent to be indoctrinated from dawn till dusk, and it is a scandal that the government has failed to deal with them for so long.” The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations did not return Education Guardian’s calls.
  • (4) Focus on the Family, for example, has developed a " True Tolerance " program to defend "parental rights" and help students stand up to "homosexual indoctrination" and "bullying" of Christians in public schools – by opposing anti-bullying programs that work to make schools safer for LGBT and gender non-conforming students.
  • (5) The current generation of fighters sees these children as better and more lethal fighters than themselves, because rather than being converted into radical ideologies they have been indoctrinated into these extreme values from birth, or a very young age.” Not having been corrupted by living according to secular values, they are considered purer than adult fighters.
  • (6) The long-term solution to the constant reincarnation of radical Islamic political movements doesn’t lie in grand public gestures like anti-terrorism funding, strong statements of condemnation, or “rehabilitation clinics” for radicals, but in dismantling state-sponsored religious indoctrination.
  • (7) The tale of virginal Anastasia Steele and her indoctrination into the world of BDSM by billionaire sadist Christian Grey is now stuff of literary legend.
  • (8) "If it was not for the case brought by myself, our young people would still be being indoctrinated with this political spin," added Mr Dimmock, who was refused permission to appeal against the judge's decision, but can renew his application in the appeal court itself.
  • (9) Analysts believe this is intended to emphasise the importance of the "Socialism in Our Style" policy while trying to reduce the popularity of South Korean products which pose a challenge to ideological indoctrination.
  • (10) Karzai’s willingness to send men to India while spurning Pakistan enraged Pakistan’s generals, who believed the future leaders of the Afghan army were being indoctrinated by their mortal enemies.
  • (11) Theorising about Frozen, talkshow host Kevin Swanson said satan had infiltrated the studio in the mid-1980s with the intention of indoctrinating preschoolers in homosexuality and bestiality.
  • (12) A redefinition of the criteria indicating patient "success" has evolved from achieving satisfaction through excellent vision derived from the optimum optical correction, to satisfaction obtained through patient selection and indoctrination to wear an optically inferior device.
  • (13) The idea behind it was to teach little girls how to become wives; it illustrates how much of our culture is indoctrinated into us through play and leisure.
  • (14) [Lecturers were] even commending students who didn’t raise examples of News Corp for criticism, given it’s such an easy option.” Jenna Price, a senior lecturer in journalism at UTS, said the only thing students were being indoctrinated with was “speaking truth to power”.
  • (15) The most frequently reported types of ritual abuse are outlined, and a clinical syndrome is presented which includes dissociative states with satanic overtones, severe post-traumatic stress disorder, survivor guilt, bizarre self abuse, unusual fears, sexualization of sadistic impulses, indoctrinated beliefs, and substance abuse.
  • (16) Many people view these women, girls and their children as a direct threat, fearing that they have been indoctrinated and radicalised by JAS [Jama’atul ahl al-sunnah li da’awati wal jihad, the name of the group commonly known as Boko Haram].
  • (17) After attending Military Indoctrination for Medical Service Officers, newly commissioned nurses attend the program at one of 10 Air Force medical centers before going to their permanent duty stations.
  • (18) But the indoctrination appeared to be strongest at the University of Sydney, where the entire first major lecture focused on News Corp’s power and its impact on journalism, irrespective of the fact that it is one of the largest employers of journalists in Australia,” Markson wrote.
  • (19) (Allen issued a detailed rebuttal of the allegations , and claimed Dylan had been indoctrinated by her mother.)
  • (20) We have no axe to grind against any media company but discuss them all without fear or favour.” Many media and journalism students were offended by Markson’s claims they were being indoctrinated.

Science


Definition:

  • (n.) Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
  • (n.) Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
  • (n.) Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.
  • (n.) Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
  • (n.) Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
  • (v. t.) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hoursoglou thinks a shortage of skilled people with a good grounding in core subjects such as maths and science is a potential problem for all manufacturers.
  • (2) The performance characteristics of the CCD are well documented and understood, having been quantified by many experimenters, especially in the physical sciences.
  • (3) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (4) Such a science puts men in a couple of scientific laws and suppresses the moment of active doing (accepting or refusing) as a sufficient preassumption of reality.
  • (5) The problem-based system provides a unique integration of acquiring theoretical knowledge in the basic sciences through clinical problem solving which was highly rated in all analysed phases.
  • (6) The emails reveal that Jones, Briffa, Mann and other emailers were the gatekeepers of the science on which they worked.
  • (7) The organisation initially focused on education, funding the Indian company BYJU’s, which helps students learn maths and science, and the Nigerian company Andela, which trains African software developers.
  • (8) Even so, the controversy over the last assessment, and the political polarisation in America and other countries around climate science and the need for climate action, have created an additional layer of scrutiny around next week's report.
  • (9) Clute and Harrison took a scalpel to the flaws of the science fiction we loved, and we loved them for it.
  • (10) It’s the same story over and over.” Children’s author Philip Ardagh , who told the room he once worked as an “unprofessional librarian” in Lewisham, said: “Closing down a library is like filing off the end of a swordfish’s nose: pointless.” 'Speak up before there's nothing left': authors rally for National Libraries Day Read more “Today proves that support for public libraries comes from all walks of life and it’s not rocket science to work out why.
  • (11) "If necessary we will promote and encourage new laws which require future WHO funding to be provided only if the organisation accepts that all reports must be supported by the preponderance of science."
  • (12) A more current view of science, the Probabilistic paradigm, encourages more complex models, which can be articulated as the more flexible maxims used with insight by the wise clinician.
  • (13) Our goal is to improve the fit between social science and health practice by increasing the relevance of social science findings for the delivery of care and the training of health care professionals.
  • (14) She devoured political science texts, took evening classes at Goldsmiths college, and performed at protests and fundraisers, but became disillusioned.
  • (15) Paradigm relies heavily on social science research and analysis to help companies identify and address the specific barriers and unconscious biases that might be affecting their diversity efforts: things like anonymizing resumes so that employers can’t tell a candidate’s gender or ethnicity, or modifying a salary negotiation process that places women and minorities at a disadvantage.
  • (16) The goal of the expedition, led by Prof Ken Takai of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was to study the limits of life at deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough as part of a round-the-world voyage of discovery by the research ship RV Yokosuka .
  • (17) "This crowd of charlatans ... look for one little thing they can say is wrong, and thus generalise that the science is entirely compromised."
  • (18) It has me as a listener and I am keen as well on sciences, arts, geography, history and politics, and I belong to two campaigns in Brighton and Chichester against privatisation of the NHS, and with some successes.
  • (19) In contrast, the 2009 report, "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment" , published by the New York Academy of Sciences, comes to a very different conclusion.
  • (20) Khanna wrote about the experience in a case study published Tuesday for the Harvard Journal of Technology Science.