Description
- The video clip ‘The Baloney Detection Kit’ in the Webtext this week discusses the many ways in which an effective critical thinker assesses the claims made by others. Explain what you believe is the real difference between ‘science’ and ‘pseudoscience’.
- Examine the key reasons why so many people might seem to be attracted to more pseudoscience-type claims. Describe at least two (2) such claims that you have heard people make, and analyze the main reasons why such claims do or do not meet rigorous scientific methodology standards. Determine at least two (2) ways in which the material discussed this week has changed your own thinking.
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Identifying Truth or Fiction - Outline
Thesis statement: Differences between ‘science’ and ‘pseudoscience’.
1. The real difference between ‘science’ and ‘pseudoscience’
2. The reasons why so many people might seem to be attracted to more
pseudoscience-type claims while describing at least two (2) such claims that you
have heard people make, and analyzing the main reasons why such claims do or
do not meet rigorous scientific
3. How the material discussed this week has changed your own thinking.
Running head: IDENTIFYING TRUTH OR FICTION
Identifying Truth or Fiction
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IDENTIFYING TRUTH OR FICTION
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Identifying Truth or Fiction
The difference between science and pseudoscience is that science is based on facts,
supporting research, and recognizes substantial evidence, while pseudoscience is a belief,
claim, or practice posed as s...
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