The guiles of pseudosciences

Pseudoscience is everywhere. Pseudoscientists make extraordinary claims that sound scientific and seem tomake sense, at least superficially.

Why do you think all of us are prone to quickly fall for the guiles of pseudosciences, even when we should know better. Give specific examples form your own lives, the readings, lectures and the videos that were assigned this week

Commonsense is mainly concerned with immediate action in context; science is mainly concerned with achieving some understanding which – to some extent – is independent of persons and context, and in this interest may eschew the need for guiding immediate action.

 

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