Classic examples of pseudoscience include astrology, parapsychology, and ufology; more recent entries are the denial of a causal link between the HIV virus... M Pigliucci 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 Reflections on Gullibility The rising spread in popularity of the so-called pseudosciences, such as ...
In my critical thinking text, I provide two models of pseudoscience:dianeticsandparapsychology. (The Skeptic's Dictionaryprovidesexamples of dozens more.) Another technique is to provide models ofpseudo-pseudosciences: pseudosciences that others have invented for fun and illustration. Douglas Stalker and...
(tenured/published/cited). In this way, non-citation of outlier views generates what Kuhn called normal science. Finally, a review of Lewontin's discussion of biology shows the continuing role of ideology by bringing in some of the complex issues associated with the resistant bacteria (...
Present in many of these online trends is an obsession with evolutionary biology, harking back to when humans were hunter-gatherers. On X, one userpostedabout Anya Taylor-Joy and Halle Bailey having “herbivore eyes”, which “make them look easily predated upon”. Then...
Some pseudoscientific ideas are supported mainly by selective use ofanecdotes, intuition, and examples ofconfirming instances, e.g.,anthropometry,aromatherapy,craniometry,graphology,metoposcopy,personology, andphysiognomy. Nobody, I would hope, would accuse either creationism or evolution of basing their...
Many animal rights groups spend time propagating a wide range of distortions, half-truths and outright lies in their literature. While it is not our intention to list every myth we have encountered, life’s too short, we thought that you might find the following examples interesting. ...
Astrology, Intelligent Design, Occult Studies and Phrenology are examples of quasi-sciences. That is not to denigrate these beliefs, but they are not sciences, whatever the proponents claim, and they do not belong in the science classroom. ...
I have no idea at this point how many people have read it, but I am trying to keep a running list of the different places it’s been published. If anyone finds more examples, I’d appreciate it if you’d post them in the comments so I can add them to the list below!
In examining the following table, it might be helpful to consider examples of astronomyvs.astrology, or of chemistry vs. alchemy, which at one time were single fields that gradually diverged into sciences and pseudosciences. link Why is it important to recognize pseudoscience?