Votamatic: Surveys

For the francophones: I am about to follow a MUSE course in....

EcologieEcologismeBoth

The philosoper Karl Popper said "In as far as a scientific statement speaks about reality it must be falsifiable and in as far as it is not falsifiable it does not speak about reality"...

I agreeI disagree

An ecology professor working at the University of Geneva should...

Stick to her/his job and provide strictly objective scientific data to politicians so that they have the best possibe information upon which to base their decisionsSpeak out publicly about the dire state of the planet, take sides and cannot afford to remain strictly objective

I am convinced we will be able to feed 9 billion people in a sustainable way in 2050...

Yes, because I believe in the inventivity of mankind, we always find solutions when we really have toNo, because natural resouces in the world are already stretched to their limits and cannot cope with a further increase in the human population

I have heard about the critical role of phosphorous in our envirionment. I see the role of phosphorous as...

Negative, phosphorous causes eutrophication of lakes, rivers and seas, causing algal blooms which choke out aquatic lifePositive since without phosphorous in fertilizers there can not be agriculture. We just need to make sure we dont run out of phosphorous

The following statemnt best describes my view on the resilience of natural ecosystems...

Nature is resilient. It can cope with human stresses and disturbancesNature is vulnerable. If pushed too far ecosystems will collapse and stop functioning

The expression "c`est la goutte d`eau qui fait deborder la vase" speaks about the following property of ecosystems

Carrying capacityTipping pointsHabitat destruction

On the internet the occurence of autism in young children is linked to vaccination against infectious diseases. Many people on chat sites appear very worried. For that reason I would...

Not vaccinate my children since that many people cannot all be wrong and it is better to be safe than sorryVaccinate my chidren, good scientfic support for the correation between vaccination and autism is lacking

Choose where the words are in the right order...

Genes, individuals, populations, communities, ecosystems, planet earthEcosystems, individuals, genes, communities, populations, planet earth

When we teach about the origin of the diversty of life on earth we shoud...

Teach only the Darwinian theory on evolution - evolution through natural selection - since this is the only scientifically credible theory for the origin of lifeGive equal attention to Evolution and Creation, since Evolution is just a theory without scientific support and Creation is an equally credible alternative

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MUSE Ecologie 1