Pseudoscience

While, scientists are depicted as cold, analytical beings there are still human. Being human is not being perfect. Even they come in with a certain amount of bias when conducting research. Optimistically, they are the experts and masters of their fields, but we should never fully trust in scientific theories to be fact. Over the past hundred years, we have come to know that many studies that were seen as reputable and unwavering are now debunked. With this realization in mind going forward…

So what are superstitions? During Murray Richman’s trials, he always goes to the same restaurant for lunch, ordering the same meal as he had the day before (a Mayan sun salad with sautéed filet of salmon). On the other hand, Mr. Quiana orders a cheddar burger and Bloody Mary from the same waitress in the same booth at the Whiskey Tavern on Baxter St. during his trials. They do this for a reason. They do this because belief that these actions will increase their luck in their trials. These are…

In this passage from The Great Influenza, by John M. Barry, the use of figurative language, imagery, anaphora and parallelism, symbolism and exclusionary tone words to characterize scientific research as a dynamic, tedious, and calculated field of study that requires a variety of personality traits including curiosity, patience, and creativity. Moreover, uncertainty is identified as a central theme and elaborated on as being a necessary part to the process of scientific experimentation.…

A person’s perspective is a key factor in their personality. If a politician has an early 1900’s racist mindset then the public knows they’ll attempt to limit the right of non-whites. If a male employer has a deeply rooted sexist mindset than it can be inferred that he would never employ women. These are all simple decisions that if implemented could have long lasting effects on a community, but what if someone’s perspective leads to a decision whose repercussions will literally last for an…

Merging the Gap Between Science and the Media Science has provided solutions to the most puzzling diseases in society, but more recently, a lurking illness resides in an unexpected area: the media. The advent of modern technology is, undoubtedly, a powerful and profound transformation for human civilization, and the media is a standing testament to technological feasibilities: information, news and social trends are now accessible to the public 24 hours a day. However, accessibility is not…

Reaction Paper: Drawn to Injustice Case Overview On the morning of February 11, 1987, Timothy Masters, a 15-year-old boy, came across a body in a field while walking to school from his father 's trailer in Fort Collins, Colorado. Masters initially thought that the body was nothing more than a mannequin and that the local school boys who commonly teased him had pulled another prank because his mother’s 4-year death anniversary had recently passed. Masters continued his walk to the bus stop and…

The popular science article “You May Be Able to Train Your Brain to Be Fearless” published by The Huffington Post discusses the study “Limbic Activity Modulation Guided by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Inspired Electroencephalography Improves Implicit Emotion Regulation” conducted by Dr. Talma Hendler. I find that the pop science article doesn’t portray the information correctly. It fails to include terminology and key results; specifically, the downsides of the study. The article’s sole…

When dealing with scientific studies, investigation is nonetheless of the key concept that is being used to analyze. When dealing with a particular topic that requires investigation, the scientist needs to take into consideration all variables. In other words scientific investigation is basically the way scientists test all variables and concepts to obtain an explanation for the desired concept. Scientific method is the procedures that a scientists will use when conducting an…

Scientists are human too. Einstein is seen as a genius, but even a man like him deals with everyday problems like any other person. He had his own set of morals and values. In the film Einstein: The Birth of God’s Equation informs the viewers with a better understanding of how Albert Einstein grew as a person and the impact he had on the field of Physics with his development of God’s Equation. In the article “Physicists Are Philosophers, Too” by Victor J. Stenger, James A. Lindsay, and Peter…

Do you believe in the raw haunted history that lies in the Edinburgh Vaults of Scotland? The history of the people who lived in the Edinburgh vaults is extremely savage. There were men, women, children, and elderly who found themselves calling these vaults their homes. The history of the Edinburgh vaults is full of horror and terrifying facts that lead one to think that they are still haunted to this day. In looking at this haunted site, one must look at the history of the people who lived in…