Reading for Feb 13

Hi everyone,

This week we get to focus on recognizing pseudoscience for the first time. Woohoo!

We will begin with a list of seven indicators of pseudoscience that was put together by a wonderfully cranky and incredibly smart older physicist at the University of Maryland at College Park, Professor Bob Park. He has his own web site http://www.bobpark.org/ where his weekly columns on the state of science politics in the USA are archived. I generally agree with what he writes.

Please read Bob Parks “Seven Warning Signs of Voodoo Science” before coming to class on Wednesday. Also, come up with a few related examples of pseudoscience to share with the rest of the class during our discussion.

Cheers,
Prof. P.