Pseudosciences

Question 1

What is pseudoscience?

Answer 1

a practice, belief, or study that SEEMS to have a scientific basis but does not hold up under scientific scrutiny

Question 2

The results from a scientific experiment must be ____________ by an independent research team

Answer 2

repeatable

Question 3

How can you detect pseudoscience?

Answer 3

Inaccuracies in theory behind the pseudoscience

Often claims it has been around for centuries

Often claims that scientific tests support it, but details of clinical trial data are rarely but details of clinical trial data are rarely shown

Source of information is often trying to sell something

Lots of personal testimonies

Question 4

What is homeopathy?

Answer 4

form of alternative medicine based on like cures like Law of Similars). remedies without science to back them up

Question 5

What is the Concept of Dilution?

Answer 5

When you dilute a substance it becomes stronger (huh??)

So dilute a substance in 9 parts of water then dilute that substance in 9 parts water and so on. What would 6X dilute be?

10 X 10 X 10 X 10 X 10 X 10

= 1 million

So solution has been diluted to 1/1,000,000 part of the original

Makes not sense!!

Homeopathic practitioners claim that the water has the “essence” or memory of the
original substance original substance

We have no instruments that can physically measure this

Question 6

What is homeopathy?

Answer 6

form of alternative medicine based on like cures like Law of Similars). remedies without science to back them up

Attributed to Sam Hahnemann in 1796

Question 7

Is Homeopathy safe?

Answer 7

Sometimes it doesn’t hurt but some substances can cause harm if mixed with other “remedies” or medications.