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What do we mean and understand by valuescience and what evidence have we that becoming more competent, consistent, and conscious in valuescience practice is increasingly necessary to live and die well? Please include responses to the following (~200 words):

• 1. What do people commonly mean and understand by (1) “value” and (2) “values”?
• 2. What difficulties do we experience as a result of these meanings and understandings?
• 3. What two things (one a verb, one a noun) do we mean and understand by "value" as we use the word in valuescience?
• 4. What basis in etymology and common usage have we for defining value in this way?
• 5. How do we address difficulties of common usage by defining “value” as we do in valuescience?
• 6. What evidence have we that ideas about value are different from actual value?
• 7. We can get what we want in the (choose one) past present future
• 8.  Make a case that ideas about value are predictions.
• 9. Give an example of someone using an idea about value to make a successful prediction.
• 10. Give an example of someone using an idea about value to make an unsuccessful prediction.
• 11. From what two sources do humans arrive at ideas about value?
• 12. Are ideas about value to a greater extent based on chance or choice, and why?
• 13. From what two components of culture do most people in the U.S. and many people in other places draw ideas about value?
• 14. What evidence have we for shortcomings of using these (responses from question 13, above) components of culture as basis for ideas about value?
• 15. Why might relying upon these (responses from question 13, above) be especially dangerous in our era?
• 16. What are three things people commonly mean and understand by “science”?
• 17. What are two or more difficulties of defining “science” in these ways?
• 18. What do we mean and understand by "science" in valuescience?
• 19. What basis in etymology and common usage have we for defining “science” as we do in valuescience?
• 20. How do we address aforementioned difficulties by characterizing "science" as we do in valuescience?
• 21. By what methods other than valuescience has anyone accurately discerned value?
• 22. Explain how prediction is a nexus between value and science, as we define them in valuescience.
• 23. Use your response from question 8, 19, and 22 to make a case that science is sole demonstrated means to more accurately discern and more fully realize value.
• 24. What implications for claims that we “decide” or “choose” value(s) are implicit in valuescience?
• 25. In what two ways do humans universally rely upon ideas about value?
• 26. Why is discerning value accurately becoming more important in our era? (Response similar to question 15. We’ve repeated the question to strengthen a case for valuescience.)
• 27. What are some conditions in modern society to which people are responding by accelerating adoption of valuescience?
• 28. Describe three impediments (at least one internal and at least one external) to valuescience practice.