Good article that could be a beginning for class discussion on the dangers of pseudoscience. I teach a class on scientific foundations of psych for majors and we explore such issues. It might be useful too in the capstone history and systems classes where upper level students could examine the demarcation issue in relation to phrenology, personality tests, thought field therapies, Freudian contributions, etc.
G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Oct 11, 2013, at 11:32 AM, "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Some might be interested in an opinion piece in the NY Times "The Stone" > column by Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Bourdry on the dangers and > costs of pseudoscience; see: > http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/the-dangers-of-pseudoscience/?_r=0 > > Some of the comments, however, are really weird. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=28661 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-28661-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=28667 or send a blank email to leave-28667-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
