Real science looks at all available data makes theories and tests them. Pseudoscience is where determinations of what we want or desire is made and we take leftover information to prove this conclusion…
In March of 1992, Dr. Richard Sanford wrote an outspoken paper opposing the claims of the global warming hysteria of recent time. Sanford discusses how people accept global warming theories as scientific fact without questioning their validity. I can honestly say that I was one of these people who agreed with the media's interpretation of these theories. After reviewing the pro global warming material in the course text, Environmental Science, written by G. Tyler Miller, and reading several articles on the opposition of global warming, I find myself becoming not a hardcore skeptic, but someone that will no longer take information at face value without reviewing as many of the particulars as possible.…
1. After reading through the information titled Is it Science or does it just look like Science? What conditions must be met for information to be considered true science?…
Scientific research can either be skeptical or…
The chosen pseudoscience claim is an infomercial featuring the ‘Hawaii Chair’. This infomercial claims that it takes the “work out of your workout.” This is a chair supposedly works out your abs, whether at home or at work. There is a 2800 RPM motor that causes the seat to move in the circular motion - similar to using a hula hoop. There are actors and actresses demonstrating the chair with Tamara Henry,…
According to Sir Karl Popper, science is an ‘open’ belief system. An open belief system is where every scientist’s theories are open to scrutiny, criticism and testing by others. For example everyone has access to scientific information and none is kept away from the public or other scientists. Popper believes that science is governed by the principle of falsificationism whereby scientists seek to falsify existing theories by deliberate experiments that might produce information which would contradict the current theories. In Popper’s views, the growth of our understanding of the world is based on the discarding of falsified claims. Scientific knowledge is built upon as new claims arise which would mean it’s cumulative. Science as a sustainable and sturdy belief system is questionable. Despite great achievements, it isn’t possible to take the current theories as unquestionably true. For example, for centuries it was believed the sun revolved around the earth however, Copernicus falsified this knowledge-claim.…
Even though their employers didn't care about them and the bosses felt that if the children wanted to eat they had to work.Child labor is unfair and should have never happened because it was dangerous for the children to work in factories and coal-mines and they worked in the factories and coal-mines all day long.…
There are always two sides to an issue. This is especially true in Science. Each side will gather facts and statistics to help their argument. They will also fuel the argument with their opinions. Some articles are more persuasive in their reasoning then others. This persuasion can ultimately change a person’s opinion of the issue. The question to be answered is does human-produced carbon dioxide contribute significantly to global warming.…
Pseudo-science is a belief, claim, or practice that is usually presented a scientific belief, practice or claim but in the real sense does not adhere to the scientific methods. According to Bell, Suzanne, Barry, and Robert, (2008); any practice or body of knowledge can be classified as pseudoscientific when it is presented using the norms of scientific research but fails to meet the norms. In the policing department, in the event of criminal activity taking place, the forensic team plays the role of investigating the scene of the crime for the purpose of providing found evidence to the court of law during…
For my call to action speech in 11th grade using Monroe's motivated sequence, I decided to draft an essay concerning the proof of global warming, its impacts, and what needs to be done in response. "A Treatise on Global Warming and It's Impacts" was perfect for capturing the audience's attention, and the scope of the situation the essay addressed allowed for a powerful motivational paper. The problem was the research. Either the sources were outdated and came from skeptical websites, or the evidence proving global cooling was disproved by the same source in a later paragraph. For example, the website SkepticalScience quotes scientist Matt Vooro and others for predicting imminent cooling due to data that suggests the leveling off of warmer temperatures yet dismisses their claims after evaluating that their field was not climate science and that an overwhelming amount of data contradicted the trend Vooro predicted in support of global warming.…
Pseudoscience: anything being presented, as scientific but is not. Usually characterized by exaggerations, UN falsifiable claims, and anecdotes.…
Sometimes careless science publishing can weaken the public’s confidence in science and the government. The Media is enormously powerful and leading and will influence people’s opinions on everything. There are plenty of stories in the media that will change the public’s perception of science or even make them see a new perception. Sometimes these stories are just written to scare the public into believing a certain thing just so they can sell their stories.…
Henry Thoreau developed many ideas throughout his lifetime that have been highly influential for many years. Perhaps the most famous of these ideas were those presented in Civil Disobedience. Within this text, Thoreau presents highly unconventional ideas for his time. These ideas, however, lead to many of the ideals held by Americans today. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau presents the ideals and attitudes embodied by so many American citizens today.…
Kahan, D., H. Jenkins-Smith, and D. Braman. 2010. Cultural cognition of scientific consensus. Journal of Risk Research 14(2):147–174.…
There have been plenty of disputes regarding the infamous topic global warming, despite the fact that there is a unanimous scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. A history professor at UCSD, Naomi Oreskes, discusses this in her article, “The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change”. She begins her investigation by researching credible experts and environmental organizations, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the National Academy of Sciences, and several others. By utilizing these various sources as evidence it strengthens her argument about the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. In this case, Oreskes audience consists of the general public with a minimal education of high school, interested about climate change. This article is published in a standard science magazine thus the selected audience should have some background knowledge regarding global warming, otherwise it would be too complex to comprehend. She constructs three main dependent claims that convince readers in support of her main claim-that humans are affecting climate change. These three main dependent claims consist of a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, peer reviewed scientific journals, and concrete factual evidence from various corporation supporting her claims. As a result, it has allowed her to create a more persuasive argument, by using logic based data and credible sources with contextual knowledge on climate change.…