CHE 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reflexology, Crop Circle, Cryptozoology
13 Feb 2015
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Two ways the public decides on scientific questions. A lot of effort is placed on educating the public votes on scientific issues. However, we do not spend enough time on jurors. How do we detect good science from bad science. Science: systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation. It is only what we can observe and see. Pseudoscience: discipline or approach that pretends to be or has a close resemblance to science. Damages the reputation of science because it masquerades real science. A woman claimed that he was the father of her child and he owed her child- support. Using a chart, they determined that because the child had type b blood. However, the court still said charlie was the father and determined he must pay child-support. Unintended acceleration and lurching in the car. National highway transportation safety administration (nhtsa) released a report confirming audi"s engineer"s report.
