Jimmy Paulino

Science is Human Thinking

Science is a way of thinking; you use it quite a lot
The steps are automatic, never something you are taught
For puzzles, games and questions, if it’s answers that are sought Your brain begins by searching every clue that may be caught You organize the evidence, each fact must have a spot
Then you test and measure to find what works and what does not It’s built in you by Nature, You’re a Human Science Robot!

[Range of kindergarten experiments by happy kids: hatching chicks, Mendel’s pea plants, guessing game, food coloring in flowers; one geeky kid saying “I am a human; I ask questions; I find evidence…beep beep…”]

Let’s Celebrate Science!

It’s Time to Praise the Science
So All the World can See
The Strongest Force for Human Good is Found in You and Me

[Imagery: sunny, high-energy 4th of July-style parade with spectators; banners and signs; beaming-smiling people; some doctors and scientists; background reveals festival with rides and vendors and a happy dog that is found on every single page in book]

The Human Power of Science

Ask yourself…what’s the greatest force for human progress in the history of our species?

Science. You know…that thing that gave us indoor plumbing, medicine, toys, electricity, computers, transportation, tools, cakes and clothes. If it were not for science, our species would be naked living in caves or the bush somewhere.

And, ask yourself…what is science? Not the textbook answer. The common sense answer.

Science is a human way of thinking. It’s something kids and regular people do all the time—they tinker and watch and adjust until they get something right. They try in order to do better. My grandma’s blueberry pie is the culmination of a lifetime of scientific exploration, using the same brain machinery as the designers of the Perseverance Rover. Part imagination, part investigation, part experimentation—and all human.

This website celebrates humanity, and particularly the human power of science, without which we’d just like any other species of animal on the planet. It also celebrates the complexities of the human brain that not only automatically does science, but is capable of tremendous compassion, friendship, knowledge, play, beauty, reason, justice, philosophy, authenticity, cooperation and plenty more.

So, let’s Praise the Science as the strongest force for human good, and let’s celebrate the opportunity to use scientific thinking to improve the lot of our otherwise insignificant species speeding around a star on a waterlogged rock hurling through space.