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Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction : Where Real Science Ends... and Pseudoscience Begins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190620301
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quantum Leaps in the Wrong DirectionDDC classification:
  • 501
LOC classification:
  • Q172.5.P77.W96 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Quantum Leaps in  the Wrong Direction -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- About the Authors -- Prologue -- 1. The Road to Reality: Scientific Method -- 2. Scientific Reasoning in Action -- 3. The Road to Reality versus the Road to Illusion -- 4. UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Life Hypothesis -- 5. Out-​of-​Body Experiences and Entities -- 6. The Astrology Hypothesis -- 7. The Creationism Hypothesis -- 8. Normal Sensory Perception, Extrasensory Perception, and Psychokinesis -- 9. Alternatives to Medicine -- 10. Reflections on the Scientific Approach to Reality -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Additional Reading -- Websites -- Educational Modules -- Index.
Summary: "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience--UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP-- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real science and what more properly deserves the tag of pseudoscience.
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Cover -- Quantum Leaps in  the Wrong Direction -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- About the Authors -- Prologue -- 1. The Road to Reality: Scientific Method -- 2. Scientific Reasoning in Action -- 3. The Road to Reality versus the Road to Illusion -- 4. UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Life Hypothesis -- 5. Out-​of-​Body Experiences and Entities -- 6. The Astrology Hypothesis -- 7. The Creationism Hypothesis -- 8. Normal Sensory Perception, Extrasensory Perception, and Psychokinesis -- 9. Alternatives to Medicine -- 10. Reflections on the Scientific Approach to Reality -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Additional Reading -- Websites -- Educational Modules -- Index.

"Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience--UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP-- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real science and what more properly deserves the tag of pseudoscience.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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