Kirsten Rewey wrote:
After reading Mike Kane's post about twin coincidences I went
to the Skeptical Inquirer website for a look-see. If you haven't
been to the site, they do have quite a few articles on scientific
literacy, identifying pseudoscience. Then I got to wondering;
has anyone tried using articles from the Skeptical Inquirer in a General /Introductory
Psychology class as a means for
teaching what scientific inquiry is?
**I'm teaching a general-programs-type course this semester
**called "Why People Believe Weird Things" that attempts
**to teach scientific/critical thinking about "weird things"
**such as psi, astrology, false/recovered memory, alternative
**medicine, and other cool stuff. I have used several
**articles from both Skeptical Inquirer and Skeptic; see latter at:
**http://www.skeptic.com.
**I've also used countless books from regular contributors to
**both publications, many of which (the books) you may buy
**from Prometheus Books; USA website at:
**http://135.145.3.99/site/index.html
**These topics are extremely interesting to most undergrads,
**and so they provide a particularly nice framework within
**which to discuss general scientific/psychological
**principles.
**I'm sure you'll hear from others on this list about this topic,
**so I'll stop for now.
**Mike
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Michael J. Kane
Psychology Department
Georgia State University
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"It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing
is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good,
as it is not to care how you got your money as
long as you have it."
-- E.W. Teale
