In Yo-Yo Ma’s article he states, “The values behind arts integration- collaboration. Flexible thinking and disciplined imagination- lead to the capacity to innovation.” (Yo-Yo Ma) He explains that art is a critical part in the learning and understanding process and if used correctly it has the potential of creating a drastic effect. This is relating to how Pinker sees science as an outcome from these skills that were given to us through art. Pinker states, “The commitment to intelligibility is not a matter of brute faith, but gradually validates itself as more and more of the world becomes explicable in scientific terms. The processes of life, for example, used to be attributed to a mysterious élan vital; now we know they are powered by chemical and physical reactions among complex molecules.” (Pinker 2013) The way we perceive molecules, and such are through images and models. We founded the laws of physical and chemical reactions through art and sciences.
Pinker states, “To begin with, the findings of science entail that the belief systems of all the world’s traditional religions and cultures- their theories of the origins of life, humans, and societies- are factually mistaken.” (Pinker 2013) Just as Pinker believes that science is our answer to the mysteries of life, I agree with him. I believe that there is an answer for mostly everything and those answers are found through science, and not religion and culture. This is because science has facts that have been studied for years and years and religion and culture is an idea that was made and passed down from generation to generation.
Revisit the Barclay formula. Remember that you want your claim sentence to act as a mini-thesis for your paragraph. Consider what point your paragraph will make. Articulate this point and then place it at the top of your paragraph as a claim sentence.