Pseudoscience Essay

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This homework is worth 25 points of the 800 points available in the course.

Please use the textbook, the PPT lecture handout of Chapter 1, and internet to answer the following six questions:

1) What are the steps of the scientific method? (4 points)

The steps of the scientific method are as follows: Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Prediction, Experiment.

2) Explain the difference between science and pseudoscience. (4 points)

To me Pseudoscience is a hypothesis that just has information added to it over time. There would be no actual data that proves something. What I understand is that it is built off the beliefs of people and there is absolutely no way to prove if the suggested hypothesis or theory actually is relevant.

Science on the other hand takes a testable hypothesis and is tested in controlled experiments with something measurable and or recordable. You can repeat the test to get the exact same results, whereas in pseudoscience, tests would never be the same.

3) List three examples of pseudoscience (other than astrology). Explain in 1-2 sentences why you c...

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