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Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims – this course examines why

Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims – this course examines why

Title of course “Psychology of Pseudoscience” What prompted the idea for the course? While teaching a course on research methods at the United States Air Force Academy, I concluded that the course needed a bigger emphasis on broad scientific reasoning skills. So I incorporated material about the difference between science – the systematic process of evidence-based […] … learn more→