Pages Tagged with #pseudoscience

Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth), in the following sections:

• Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth): 3.4. The Forer (Barnum) Effect
• Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth): 4.6. Homeopathy
• Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth): 4.4. Fad Diets and Pseudoscience: Let's Stop Falling for These Tricks
• Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth): 4.2. Astrological Readings and Horoscopes
• Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth): 3.6. Baffled by Convincing Pseudoscience (Example: quantum physics)
• Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth): 4.1. Acupuncture
• Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth): 3.5. The Enthusiasm of Amateurs: Freethought Without Skeptical Thinking Leads to Deception
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Supplements, Vitamin Pills, Anti-Oxidants: How an Entire Industry Seeks to Mislead, in the following sections:

• Supplements, Vitamin Pills, Anti-Oxidants: How an Entire Industry Seeks to Mislead: 5. Fad Diets and Pseudoscience: Let's Stop Falling for These Tricks
• Supplements, Vitamin Pills, Anti-Oxidants: How an Entire Industry Seeks to Mislead: 3. Omega-3 Fish Oils
• Supplements, Vitamin Pills, Anti-Oxidants: How an Entire Industry Seeks to Mislead: 1. Misguided
• Supplements, Vitamin Pills, Anti-Oxidants: How an Entire Industry Seeks to Mislead: 4. The Dirty Tricks of the Supplements Industry
• Supplements, Vitamin Pills, Anti-Oxidants: How an Entire Industry Seeks to Mislead: 2. Antioxidants (Vitamin C, Vitamin E)

Astrology: Do Observed Positions of the Planets Influence Our Lives in Mystical Ways?, in the following sections:

• Astrology: Do Observed Positions of the Planets Influence Our Lives in Mystical Ways?: 6. Thinking Errors
• Astrology: Do Observed Positions of the Planets Influence Our Lives in Mystical Ways?: 3.3. The Forer/Barnum Effect (The Abuse of Psychology)
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What is Skepticism and Its Values?, in the following sections:

• What is Skepticism and Its Values?: 3. Going too Far: Cynics, Denialists, Mavericks, Solipsists and Grumps
• What is Skepticism and Its Values?: 1. The Problem: We are Easily Mistaken

Critical Thinking on Acupuncture: How Does it Work?, in the following sections:

• Critical Thinking on Acupuncture: How Does it Work?: 1. Acupuncture
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Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths, in the following sections:

• Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths: 1.4. The Forer (or Barnum) Effect
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A Skeptical Take on Psi, Parapsychology and Other Supernatural Phenomenon, in the following sections:

• A Skeptical Take on Psi, Parapsychology and Other Supernatural Phenomenon: 3.1. Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths
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The New Age, in the following sections:

• The New Age: 5. Self-Help and Alternative Therapies
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Fad Diets and Pseudoscience: Let's Stop Falling for These Tricks, in the following sections:

• Fad Diets and Pseudoscience: Let's Stop Falling for These Tricks: 2. Supplements, Vitamins, Oils and Mega-Doses
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Does Homeopathy Work? What are the Risks and Dangers?, in the following sections:

• Does Homeopathy Work? What are the Risks and Dangers?: 1. An Introduction to Alternative Therapies in General
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Abusing News Outlets With Fake Science and Fake Lobby Groups: 5. Fad Diets and Pseudoscience: Let's Stop Falling for These Tricks

To Turn a Hypothesis Into a Theory, It Must Be Tested: 4. How to Deal With Ideas that Go Against Scientific Knowledge

What Causes Religion and Superstitions?: 4.1. Hidden Inner Causes

The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind: How Other Peoples' Experience Contradict Our Own Beliefs: 9. Concluding: Errors in Thinking, and Preventative Steps

Subjectivism and Phenomenology: Is Objective Truth Obtainable?: 4. Thinking Errors

Mass Belief and the False Consensus Effect: Everyone Believes It So It Must Be True!: 3.3. Alternative Therapies and New Age

Quantum Physics Pseudo-scientific Theory of Soul

Spiritualism: 4.3. The Forer (Barnum) Effect

Broken Toys and Magical Thinking: 2. Magical Thinking

Why Question Beliefs? Dangers of Placing Ideas Beyond Doubt, and Advantages of Freethought: 2.1. Everyday Errors in Thinking Continually Skew Our Beliefs and Experiences

Scientific Theories Must Make Way for New Evidence: 1. Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths

Self Mastery, Self Development and Lifestyle Improvement: 7. Fad Diets and Pseudoscience: Let's Stop Falling for These Tricks

Criticism of the New Age: Ridiculous Practices, Daft Beliefs and Pseudoscience

Why are Our Memories Unreliable?: 4. Thinking Errors

Theosophy: 1. Practices and Beliefs

The Forer (or Barnum) Effect

The Food Chain: 4. Fad Diets, Organic Food, Supplements and Pseudoscience