Understanding Pseudoscience: Key Questions and Strategies
Delve into the world of pseudoscience with a comprehensive exploration of its definitions, evolving nature, and distinguishing factors from mainstream science. Learn about common strategies employed and discover how to differentiate between pseudoscience and legitimate scientific endeavors.
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PSEUDOSCIENCE: AN INTRODUCTION GEN_LA 298 Week 6
UNORTHODOX SCIENCE AS A POPULAR ACTIVITY Conspiracy Theory vs Pseudoscience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzQ3lmB8_pU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB2cRu3rJNM
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS What is pseudoscience ? Is there an objective definition for pseudoscience Should there be an objective definition for pseudoscience ? What should be considered as pseudoscience ? Would answers to the questions above change over time?
STRATEGIES OF PSEUDOSCIENCE Use of unnecessary jargons, or using jargons without giving clear definitions Using analogy as a key component of argumentation Proposing non-falsifiable theories Selectively report experiment findings
CASE STUDY (1) Bijective, n-Dimensional, Naturally Injective Probability Spaces and Singular Calculus (2) The Unified Spacememory Network: from Cosmogenesis to Consciousness (3) Some existence results for W-multiply closed polytopes (4) A novel intact circular dsRNA supercoil
HOW TO TELL APART PSEUDOSCIENCE FROM MAINSTREAM SCIENCE? (1) Look for jargons: are the readers expected to know them? Are those jargons unexplained? (2) What s the form of argumentation? Experimental data? Deductive logic? Analogy? (3) Is the paper trying to bridge two fields without providing a clear connection between the two? (Journal of Neuroquantology?) (4) Join ISP.
