Essays about: "pseudoscience"

Found 3 essays containing the word pseudoscience.

1. 1. Refuted by Reputable Sources : the Demarcation of Science from Pseudoscience through the Prism of Wikipedia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Sárka Erben Johansson; [2021]
   Keywords : Information science; bibliometrics; citation analysis; Wikipedia; demarcation problem; pseudoscience; trust; scholarly communication; scholarly publishing; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how the distinction between science and pseudoscience is mediated on Wikipedia as a proxy for how this is communicated to the general public overall. Currently one of the most visited places on the web, Wikipedia is increasingly considered trustworthy, although relatively little is known about its sources. READ MORE

3. 2. Debiasing for everyone: Testing an educational intervention to reduce causal illusions in rural Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Linnea Cederlund; Henrik Josander; [2017]
   Keywords : illusion of causality; bias; debias; intervention; contingency judgment task; basic scientific thinking; Kenya; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : It has been argued that cognitive biases are the source of a range of problems in modern society, from stereotype formation to belief in pseudoscience. One of those biases causes people to perceive causal relationships between unrelated events and is known as illusion of causality. READ MORE

4. 3. ART/CONSCIOUSNESS SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION AND ITS CORRELATION

   University essay from Kungl. Konsthögskolan

   Author : Naun Rodrigo Juarez Gonzalez; [2013]
   Keywords : Altermodern; multicultural; appropriation; ready-made; spirituality; consciousness; shamanism; pseudoartist; relational art; thief; charlatan; new cults; words; adaptation; control; internet; smartphone; interactive games; copy rights; pseudoscience; Altermodern; mångkulturellt; appropriation; ready-made; andlighet; medvetenhet; Shamanism; Pseudoartist; relationell konst; tjuv; charlatan; nya kulter; ord; anpassning; kontroll; internet; Smartphone; interaktiva spel; kopieringsrättigheter; pseudovetenskap;

   Abstract : This essay is more or less a very boring analog game in paper, which is trying to find the similitude between ART and CONSCIOUSNESS, as well as the boundaries of legality of taking over or stealing someone else's work. The dynamic of this game of mine starts by choosing a lecture of any research and change some keywords to create a new research. READ MORE