1. Science The only way we know to decide whether something is true with any degree of reliability

2. For this we need evidence

3. …for without evidence anything goes!

5. In the teaching of the evidence based way to determine TRUTH lies the ethical reason for the conflict between Science and Dogma – political, religious and all other authority not based on evidence etc

6. Science 1.The only philosophical construct devised by mankind to determine, with any degree of reliability: What is true, might be true, can be true and what, more importantly, cannot be true! 2.Truth is Universal, and does not vary from country to country or planet to planet

7. Science 1.The only philosophical construct devised by mankind to determine, with any degree of reliability: What is true, might be true, can be true and what, more importantly, cannot be true! 2.Truth is Universal, and does not vary from country to country or planet to planet 3.Truth assumes that an experiment always behaves exactly the same way and that no mystical entity tampers with the observation – ie praying will not affect the result!

8. Science 1.The only philosophical construct devised by mankind to determine, with any degree of reliability: What is true, might be true, can be true and what, more importantly, cannot be true! 2.Truth is Universal, and does not vary from country to country or planet to planet 3.Truth assumes that an experiment always behaves exactly the same way and that no mystical entity tampers with the observation – ie praying will not affect the result! 4.Truth is thus an Intellectual Integrity issue

9. Science 1.The only philosophical construct devised by mankind to determine, with any degree of reliability: What is true, might be true, can be true and what, more importantly, cannot be true! 2.Truth is Universal, and does not vary from country to country or planet to planet 3.Truth assumes that an experiment always behaves exactly the same way and that no mystical entity tampers with the observation – ie praying will not affect the result! 4.Truth is thus an Intellectual Integrity issue 5.Thus Science Education is an Ethical issue

10. Hmmmm … a 12 th man playing! Is this fair????

11. “The Hand of God” Maradonna - Argentina vs England 1998

12. We must only rely on good Evidence for the Truth

13. Germany vs England 2010