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1. Consistent |
The results can be seen or observed repeatedly by others. Predicting sex of a child. |
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2. Observable |
Use the five senses or extensions of the senses (microscopes, mass spectrometers). What makes people sick. |
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3. Natural Explanation |
A logical, testable, answer to a question about natural things. The intervention of a supreme being into an experiment cannot be tested. Bermuda Triangle |
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4. Predictable |
One can make guesses about what is going to happen in an experiment. Predictions have to be testable. |
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5. Testable |
Must be able to do a controlled experiment. Aliens. Walking under a ladder. |
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6. Tentative |
Scientific theories are subject to change, even wrong. Science is uncertain. Nothing is proven |
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CONPTT |
Must be all six to be considered science. Proto science - one of CONPTT is missing. Pseudoscience - more than one of CONPTT are missing-non-science. |
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Non-science |
The popularity of astrology and similar pseudoscientific shams attests to the unwillingness or inability of many people to think critically. |
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Pseudoscience |
The popularity of astrology and similar pseudoscientific shams attest to the unwillingness or inability of many people to think critically. |
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Theory |
A series of hypotheses, that have been tested and supported w/ evidence, to explain a general natural phenomenon. |
Guessing what is going to happen. |
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What is biology? |
The study of life. |
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