PSYC 180 Lecture Notes - War Crime, Antigen, Oscillococcinum
8 May 2012
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Deception by scientists is relatively rare but it is always a possibility because scientists are under a lot of pressure (e. g. to publish things) Self-deception more common: when the scientist is so convinced of his theory that he is blind to anything else. N rays: ren prosper blondlot 1903 found a new form of radiation and called them the. But he was the only one that was able to see this new form of radiation. Mentioned in nature robert wood asked blondlot to show his these n rays, but a prism was needed to see the rays. Even when wood took the prism off, blondlot saw the rays. Or other changes such as diet, self-limiting, remission, exercise: started by samuel hahnemann in the 18th century: Chewed peruvian bark (has quinine in it) and developed high fever. Quinine used to treat malaria, and one symptom of malaria is high fever. At high dose, you get the symptoms of high fever.
