HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 52: Pseudoscience, Measles
30 Oct 2018
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Hlth 355 public health nutrition october 4th 2018. Hlth 355 public health nutrition: dr. sharon kirkpatrick phd rd, oct. 4, 2018. Gwyneth and goop and the food babe, oh my: picture saying (cid:862) cience vs. pseudoscience(cid:863) Khloe k. and sugarbears and oprah, oh my: picture saying (cid:862) cience vs. pseudoscience(cid:863) Katie and every form of supplement and the paleo diet, oh my: picture saying (cid:862) cience vs. pseudoscience(cid:863) Set of methods aimed at testing hypotheses and building theories: a community of scientists actively adopts a new idea, that idea spreads through the field and is incorporated into research that produces useful knowledge. Picture: observations, question, hypothesis, prediction, test, test does not support hypothesis; revise and hypothesis or pose and test a new one, test supports hypothesis, test additional predictions based on hypothesis. Science versus pseudoscience: a claim, belief, or practice presented as scientific. Does not adhere to a valid scientific methodology.
