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Indigenous sciences are not pseudosciences [PDF]
Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, 2014 Given how difficult it is to define science, it is surprising how readily many people consider Indigenous sciences to be pseudoscience. I review definitions of indigenous science, as well as science and pseudoscience. I then proffer that either western or indigenous science is any broadly Bayesian undertaking, i.e.
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Talking to Gen Z About Media and Pseudoscience: Trends and Perceptions
SocietiesThis paper explores Gen Z’s understanding of science and pseudoscience, assessing, at the same time, their media literacy skills. Drawing on the relevant literature and elaborating on the findings from five focus groups studies in remote areas of Greece ...
Anna Podara +4 more
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Al-Qur’an dan Lahirnya Sains Teistik
Tsaqafah, 2016 The discourse of integration of religion and science could enrich research of al-Qur’an study. As a principal source of Islam, al-Qur’an also becomes object research of the philosophy of science study, especially related to the development of science ...
Mohammad Muslih
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Dismantling the rhetoric of alternative medicine: Smokescreens, errors, conspiracies, and follies
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2018 Alternative medicine has a high social prevalence, being promoted by well organized groups that have developed an intricate rhetoric in order to self-justify in the absence of evidence.
Edzard Ernst, Angelo Fasce
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The appeal-to-nature fallacy: Homeopathy and biodynamic agriculture in official EU regulations
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2018 There is no scientific evidence to support the affirmation that organic food is more nutritious or that its production is more sustainable than traditional food. In addition, productivity is very low and, concomitantly, the price is higher.
José Miguel Mulet
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The problem with pseudoscience [PDF]
The EMBO Reports, 2017 It is quite difficult to picture a pseudoscientist—really picture him or her over the course of a day, a year, or a whole career. What kind or research does he or she actually do, what differentiates him or her from a carpenter, or a historian, or a working scientist? In short, what do such people think they are up to?
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Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, 2007 Se valoró que los promotores de la existencia de la "energía piramidal" sugieren que pirámides no ferrosas de determinadas proporciones y con cierta orientación, son capaces de "concentrar energía" que proporciona efectos beneficiosos a los objetos ...
Julio Álvarez González +5 more
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DEBATE ON REFORMING THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Высшее образование в России, 2022 The key problem of the article is the destiny of Russian science in the light of today’sreforms. The author reflects upon the requirement of matching the science activities with theinternational and domestic “bureaucratic virtual reality”, touches on ...
Vitaly G. Gorokhov
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Creer en la palabra de las niñas y los niños
Trayectorias Humanas TrascontinentalesCreer en la palabra de las niñas y los niños víctimas de abuso sexual infantil es fundamental para su recuperación física y psicológica; las niñas y los niños no mienten frente a las situaciones de abuso que han vivido o que han experimentado.
Isabel Cuadros Ferré +1 more
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Royal Society Open ScienceComplementary healthcare in the United Kingdom is subject to voluntary, publicly funded regulation. Many such practices include pseudoscience. There are concerns that regulated practitioners make misleading health claims.
Les Rose +4 more
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