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The Colors of Quail Science
Author(s) -
Hernández Fidel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wildlife society bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2328-5540
DOI - 10.1002/wsb.1153
Subject(s) - magical thinking , creativity , curiosity , ideal (ethics) , rationality , dialectic , epistemology , psychology , quail , scientific enterprise , sociology , science education , mathematics education , social psychology , philosophy , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , endocrinology
Humans engage in 2 modes of thinking: an associative mode and a reasoning mode. Institutions and scientific education primarily have focused on reasoning, even though the associative mode is linked to creativity and has been actively nurtured and used by influential scientists. The inattentiveness by scientific institutions toward associative thinking is such that it has been called the forgotten half of scientific thinking, and few opportunities exist for its professional exercising. I was fortunate to have been granted such an opportunity through an invitation to speak at a symposium honoring the retirement of a noted quail scientist. The symposium directive was simple: complete intellectual freedom to explore any quail topic as long as it was grounded in science. These were ideal and welcomed conditions for engaging in associative thought and nurturing dual thinking—that is, thinking engaging both association and reasoning. Here I provide my scientific reflections. The general themes range from psychology to chaos to dialectical philosophy. Although the topics may seem far removed from quail, I highlight their potential relevancy. I offer these reflections in the spirit of stimulating scientific curiosity in the natural world, as an encouragement to push the boundaries of quail science, and, ultimately, with the hope of encouraging further opportunities for dual thinking in science. © 2021 The Wildlife Society.