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Questions for Expert:

During the Italian Renaissance, scientists and inventors had a reason to question their world and asked a lot of questions. Do you see people being as inquisitive in Calgary? Specifically wanting to gain knowledge for themselves? During the Italian Renaissance, failure was accepted as a way to improve. Do you think that Calgary supports mistakes as a new way of learning? During the Renaissance, the church did not support the scientific community. Do you think Calgary’s powers, such as religious or political groups, have supported the scientific community? During the Italian Renaissance, the scientific community flocked to Florence. Do you think that scientists gather in Calgary? Specifically, is Calgary seen as a centre where great minds come together to share knowledge?

Answers to questions from experts:

During the Renaissance, the church did not support the scientific community. Do you think Calgary’s powers, such as religious or political groups, have supported the scientific community? The reason that the church has not supported Galileo was because he was not very diplomatic to the church and because of that, he did not publish his ideas. The church wasn't anti-science, but they didn't like the way Galileo opposed them. If Galileo was more diplomatic, he could have published many of his ideas. The church had astronomers and scientists working for them to prove the other scientists wrong. The city of Calgary supports the sciences and arts that happen throughout the city, but do not support controversial sciences. Alan Dyer states, "In Calgary, we do have some people that are like the Roman Catholic Church during the Renaissance." People in Calgary do not support concepts like stem cells or even global warming. All in all, Calgary supports most sciences in the city. - Christian Tsang During the Italian Renaissance, the scientific community flocked to Florence. Do you think that scientists gather in Calgary? Specifically, is Calgary seen as a centre where great minds come together to share knowledge? Yes. In some areas of expertise, scientists do flock to Calgary because of the natural resources (oil and gas). Mainly Geologists and Geophysicists come to Calgary for the oil and gas. It is not as diversified as the city of Calgary would like, but we could have more. - Alan Dyer

During the Italian Renaissance, failure was accepted as a way to improve. Do you think that Calgary supports mistakes as a new way of learning? Yes. When people are conducting research, they always know that there is a chance of failure. So it is accepted as a new way to learn and is also accepted as a new way to improve. We always fund research that has a hugh rate of succeeding. - Alan Dyer

During the Italian Renaissance, scientists and inventors had a reason to question their world and asked a lot of questions. Do you see people being as inquisitive in Calgary? Specifically wanting to gain knowledge for themselves? No. We don't go into new fields of research, but we improve on fields of science that we already know about. People are looking into business rather then science, so we aren't really inquiring in science. - Alan Dyer


 * Duncan's Question: "** **//During the Italian Renaissance, the scientific community flocked to Florence. Do you think that scientists gather in Calgary?//"**

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 * Alberta Energy states that Alberta has the 2nd largest oil deposit in the world, this is why we attract geologists and geophysicists from across the globe. Alberta holds many job opportunities for these scientist and they flock here to learn. The University of Calgary geology department states:** **"To be an internationally recognized top-tier research department in Energy Geoscience, with complementary strengths in solid Earth processes, subsurface imaging, environmental and arctic studies, while providing comprehensive student-centred programs recognized for excellence world-wide."** ======
 * By this they mean that Calgary has a world class Geoscience Institute that attracts people from around the world to come, study and learn there.**

**As a result scientists who specialize or want to learn the geosciences flock to Calgary to learn and share knowledge since we have some of the best geoscience courses and programs in the world.**
Responses courtesy of Alan Dyer from Telus World of Science