Monday, February 8, 2010
Pseudoscience!!
After reading about pseudoscience online I feel that a good example of what I think maybe a pseudoscience would be Astrology. A part of me thinks that it is true science, but then there in another part of me that feels that it is just a belief that many people have. I feel that anyone could say that a certain star or a collection of stars means something or predicts that something is going to happen here on Earth. I feel that Astrology is something that can be easily made up and I find it hard to believe that stars (that are just basically balls of hydrogen) can predict what will happen in our future. Another pseudoscience that I found that I am not too sure of is UFology. An Unidentified Flying Object can be anythng and I don't really see any evidence that shows a UFO that is from an extraterrestrial. Pseudoscience puts a lot of risks on the belief systems in our society. These false beliefs can cause a lot of issues and will make people believe things that are completely false.
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Yes. I agree. I think there are a lot of TV program that sensationalize UFO sighting and other strange phenomena. The sensationalism is far more stimulating to the viewing audience than a scientific discussion of the probabilities and possibilities of these occurences.
ReplyDeleteI agree! Astrology is sort of a new age addiction out there with people checking out their signs and seeing what the stars say for their day, or their future. That is interesting that it could be something made up for sure, yet so widely accepted or just plain fun. The whole UFO sightings and such is definitely an "iffy" thing on my beliefs just because there is no true evidence, and that much of the "true" evidence could be fake. So this always raises the question of whether its real or false.
ReplyDeleteYes, Astrology may be a pseudoscience, rather falling into that same category as fortune-telling and such. While I certainly would not put much stock in it, I don't think it hurts science because I think most people take it with a grain of salt, so to speak. And isn't it fun to read horoscopes sometimes?
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