Aliens, Atlantis, Archaeology Questions And Answers

What is science? - systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment What is pseudoscience? - claim, belief or practice which is presented as scientific, but does not follow the scientific method Induction - process of reaching a general conclusion from particular pieces of data What are characteristics of pseudoscientific claims? - Seeks to prove rather than test claims, ignores alternative explanations or contrary evidence, relies on anecdotal or untestable evidence In the "Mysterious Origins of Man" video, the site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia was dated at 10,000 BC on the basis of - Archaeo-astronomy What IS NOT one of the motivations of the pseudo-scientist? - Racism Spike network is showing the "10 million dollar Bigfoot Bounty" on TV this spring. In it, teams compete to find evidence that Bigfoot exists. Evidence collected will be assessed by two Ivy League physical anthropologists. Is this science or pseudoscience? - It depends upon how the data are collected and assessed One of Kenneth Feder's first experiences with pseudoscience and archaeology was reading - Morning of the Magicians According to Kida, which IS NOT one of the six mistakes we make in our thought processes? - We are born liars Jumping to the conclusion that mammoths still exist today, on the basis of a grainy video, is an example of how we - misperceive our world