As humans we have several capacities that other species in the animal kingdom do not have. Our brain can reason and process information like no other animals can do, in fact we are capable to judge and make our own conclusions. Unfortunately, not every thought that crosses our minds is accurate; this has led to stablish parameters between what is reliable and what is not. Over the past decades, scientists have avoided to spread information that is not proven. They have used the scientific method to analyze and disseminate facts that we can rely on. However, there are more facts spread than science can proof. We have a lot of questions that need to be answered and for science it may take time. That’s where pseudoscience starts threatening science,
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Research and Analysis takes time and it requires a given documentation. “Though the process of scientific discovery is much more complicated, the basic goal of science is no different from the acquisition of everyday beliefs: we seek knowledge and try to weed out falsehood” (Blancke, Boudry, and M. Pigliucci). On the other hand, pseudoscience can provide answers in the means of no time without requiring any data or experimental analysis, which could take years. Even if the facts aren’t reliable is an approximation of reality. A good example of this is one of the most controversial topics of our civilization; is there extraterrestrial life on other planets? Pseudoscience can answer that question in the matter of no time and without any research, while science have taken years trying to proof that there is life in other planets and have not yet give us and …show more content…
A good example is the theory that the world was going to end in 2012 according to the Maya’s calendar; this rumor affected the behavior and decisions of many individuals who believe that the world was going to end. Many people sold their houses, went on vacation and quit their jobs, because of this skeptic theory. According to scientists like Christopher Keating ,professor of physics at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, this so called doomsday only ended up scaring people and producing panic; in his own words “people who have been misled by those who have manipulated ancient legends… can, and will, make irrational decisions.". Imagine yourself shouting to your boss you won’t receive any more orders and that you are going to quit your job. A month later after new year you find yourself unemployed and penniless because you spend all you had and quit your job, that’s when you start asking yourself why the world didn’t end? The good news is that you still alive, the bad one is that you shouldn’t have quit your job based in pseudoscience. Now, if a meteorite is in the trajectory of the earth and scientists prognosticated that it will crash our planet in one month, start packing up and planning that trip that you never made because science is
Research and Analysis takes time and it requires a given documentation. “Though the process of scientific discovery is much more complicated, the basic goal of science is no different from the acquisition of everyday beliefs: we seek knowledge and try to weed out falsehood” (Blancke, Boudry, and M. Pigliucci). On the other hand, pseudoscience can provide answers in the means of no time without requiring any data or experimental analysis, which could take years. Even if the facts aren’t reliable is an approximation of reality. A good example of this is one of the most controversial topics of our civilization; is there extraterrestrial life on other planets? Pseudoscience can answer that question in the matter of no time and without any research, while science have taken years trying to proof that there is life in other planets and have not yet give us and …show more content…
A good example is the theory that the world was going to end in 2012 according to the Maya’s calendar; this rumor affected the behavior and decisions of many individuals who believe that the world was going to end. Many people sold their houses, went on vacation and quit their jobs, because of this skeptic theory. According to scientists like Christopher Keating ,professor of physics at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, this so called doomsday only ended up scaring people and producing panic; in his own words “people who have been misled by those who have manipulated ancient legends… can, and will, make irrational decisions.". Imagine yourself shouting to your boss you won’t receive any more orders and that you are going to quit your job. A month later after new year you find yourself unemployed and penniless because you spend all you had and quit your job, that’s when you start asking yourself why the world didn’t end? The good news is that you still alive, the bad one is that you shouldn’t have quit your job based in pseudoscience. Now, if a meteorite is in the trajectory of the earth and scientists prognosticated that it will crash our planet in one month, start packing up and planning that trip that you never made because science is