Richard Feynman Teaches you the Scientific Method
The scientific method refers to a process of thought based on integrating previous knowledge, observing, measuring, and logical reasoning. “If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. In that simple...
View ArticleThe Baloney Detection Kit: A Summary of Critical Thinking
After reading 11 Rules for Critical Thinking, a thoughtful reader forwarded along this video of Michael Shermer the editor of Skeptic Magazine. Inspired by Carl Sagan’s idea that there is a lot of...
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Karl Popper on The Line Between Science and Pseudoscience
It’s not immediately clear, to the layman, what the essential difference is between science and something masquerading as science: pseudoscience. The distinction gets at the core of what comprises...
View ArticleGood Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience: How to Tell the Difference
In a digital world that clamors for clicks, news is sensationalized and “facts” change all the time. Here’s how to discern what is trustworthy and what is hogwash. *** Unless you’ve studied it, most of...
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