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(U5O1) Describe the characteristics of "Pathological Science" - - Experimental effects observed are either very close to the extreme limits of detectability or require massive numbers of measurements because of extremely low statistical significance. - magnitude of observed effects seems to be independent of postulated causes, which are barely detectable. - accuracy of experiment claims to be exceptionally high - claimed results imply revolutionary theoretical consequences - Ad Hoc just...

State significant differences between the scientific and religious approaches to the world. - 1. Science attempts to bring coherence to our experiences; religion attempts to infuse our experiences with meaning 2. Science is statements about sensory information; religion is statements which we cannot perceive with our senses 3. Science is public and conveyed in terms which can be precisely defined. Religion is often private and difficult to express in well-defined terms. 4. Science result...

What are the three basic mythico-magical assumptions about the world? - 1. Nature is capricious, the unknown is unknowable. 2. Everything is determined by external, willful powers. 3. The future can be controlled by magic. Physicists Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont's four common abuses of science - a. longwinded discussions of scientific theories with little or no understanding of the actual meaning of what is being discussed. b. taking natural science concepts and using them in the humanit...

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