June 2, 2010 on The Brian Lehrer Show
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Massimo Pigliucci, professor at Lehman College and author of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk(Thanks Rich), talks about the ambiguity surrounding science and why people believe "bunk" and pseudoscientific practices. He also blogs at RationallySpeaking.org and has a podcast also called Rationally Speaking.
I'm I the only one who thinks most of what comes out of Pigliucci's mouth is vacuous crap?
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they LOST THE WAR......
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They had become ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE AND OF GOD...
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*WRONG*
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RUN, ATHEISTS, RUN!!!
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I don't think it's all vacuous crap, but overall I'd say that he failed to clearly demarcate the line between science and bunk. He does say that if you're not formulating testable hypotheses then you're not doing real science. However, I don't think he realises that most of America doesn't have a clue what that means. Also, I can't believe that they left out the anti-vaxer movement.
ReplyDeleteI thought he came across as knowledgable and understanding. You might find his lack of "BANZAI ATTACK!"-mode frustrating, but I thought it was refreshing.
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