On March 22nd, at the San Francisco March for Science event, Adam Savage gave a presentation about the enemy of science is bias. The main point in Adam Savage’s speech would be that science is the key to saving our world. Yet, science has a big enemy and that is bias. His speech was easy to follow, but at the same time it was not, because of how fast he was moving. Although, he was just implementing his main point throughout the entire speech. These main points were developed by his use of examples, definitions, and quotes. Some of the examples he used had to deal with us all being scientists and knowing that we all skew are results. In order to show us we are all scientists; he gave an example of when we put salt on our food. When we do …show more content…
It was a very throughout speech. He said a science joke here and there to help liven up and connect with the audience. The intended audience for this speech was very smart scientific people, but also normal people, like me. In fact, the scientific language helped clue me in onto who the intended audience was. He said a joke about coming together as “reagents”, and the whole audience laughed. They understood his science joke and so he gave a little ‘zing’ afterwards. His ability to address his intended audience was incredible. During his speech, a phrase that really stood out and made an impression was “bias may be the enemy of science, but science is also the enemy of bias”. Savage did not try to increase his credibility, but perhaps it was because he is the inventor and host of “Mythbusters”. He did however, make a joke about his credibility, starting his presentation with “And now a speech from a guy with a high school diploma”. His delivery skills, were good, but not great. He has great vocal projection, composure, and body movement. Although, the only negative impression was his eye contact. He was reading off his paper a lot, but I think his vocal projection made up for it. When he spoke, he spoke with passion and you could hear