The part of this chapter that I thought was really
interesting was that of Psuedoscience. Psuedoscience is described in the text
as being a body of explanations or hypotheses that masquerade as the truth. It
is often based on emotional appeals, superstition and rhetoric rather than the
scientific method and can therefore be considered unscientific. Examples of
Psuedoscience are astrology, psychic healings, tarot card readings, mind
readings and numerology. The principles of most Psuedosciences are so vague
worded that it becomes difficult to test their validity in a scientific
setting. For instance, Horoscopes offer ambiguous statements that could apply
to just about anyone which makes it hard to determine if it is truly
falsifiable. Another example would be faith healing because, when someone is
not healed, their healer can simply say that they did not have enough faith.
Faith is not tangible and thus there is no way to say whether or not the healer
was wrong.
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