RECENT EVIDENCE

TOK Talk · 2024 TOK Essay Title 6: Recent Evidence

May 2024 TOK Essay Title 6: Are we too quick to assume that the most recent evidence is inevitably the strongest? Discuss with reference to the natural sciences and one other area of knowledge. 

Be careful here with this title that you’re really talking about evidence and not the interpretation of evidence in the form of theories! This one is worth a listen just for how we talk about ways to approach TOK Essay Titles in general, nearer to the end.

​One more word about the arts after further consideration: recent evidence could be uncovered in the arts in many ways, for example the use of x-ray can uncover new evidence about artists’ intentions, techniques and processes. Check out the Art News article linked below

Links from our discussion: 

• Scientific American Article about Neutrinos: Particles Found to Travel Faster Than Speed of Light - Scientific American
• Einstein theory of relativity & the eclipse that proved his ideas: A Total Solar Eclipse 100 Years Ago Proved Einstein’s General Relativity | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
• Infinite Monkey Cage Podcast talking about Covid Science happening in real time: The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 25 - What have we learnt from Covid? - BBC Sounds
• Art News article about x-rays and underpaintings Art History Is Full of Buried Treasure. Here Are 11 Stunning Images That Experts Found Hidden Beneath Famous Paintings

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