We'd all love to have 'psi' abilities like telepathy, telekinesis, and remote viewing. But is there any solid evidence to back up these talents, or are they nothing more than fantasy? We still only understand a small percentage of the capabilities of the human brain--and we shouldn't dismiss such potential powers out of hand.
What's the verdict? By looking at possible physical mechanisms for ESP and taking in the best scientific evidence, the reader can discover if this is all wishful thinking and deception, or a fascinating reality. The truth is out there. Plan Your Visit! Masks Highly Recommended. Library Closings: Wednesday, November Edition: First edition. Description: pages ; 22 cm. The phase of the moon can affect, to some extent, several factors such as health, the birth of children, or certain agricultural tasks.
Homeopathy is a remedy for some diseases. As a component of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is an effective remedy for many diseases. There are many weight-loss diets whose active mechanism have not yet been discovered but are supported by many testimonies.
Some people can communicate through their minds. Current climate change is not generated by humans and is the product of natural causes. To facilitate the analysis of the results, the answers were grouped into only two categories: those who answered «agree» and «partly agree», which we considered as the «agree» group, and those who answered «disagree» and «partly disagree», which we considered the «disagree» group.
The first noteworthy aspect of the analysis was that, even though all the participants had backgrounds in science, 7. More worrying is the fact that, even though most of these students had studied evidence in favour of the theory of evolution as part of their degrees, They were created at a particular moment in the history of the Earth».
Although the unscientific nature of astrology has been proven multiple times, Regarding telepathy, A similar percentage, Furthermore, It is predominantly inherited, so it cannot be modified too much by the school and family environment». More numerous Despite its criticism by science communicators and the media, homeopathy was supported by The fact that educators believe that the moon has an influence on everyday life events was also surprising: most It should also be noted that In short, these results allow us to assert that, to different levels and depending on the case, educators-in-training with science degrees believe in different pseudosciences.
Our overall conclusion in this work was that the level of acceptance of the abovementioned pseudosciences is unfortunately high among our future science educators, as occurs in society in general. For instance, pseudosciences that are used to legitimise certain policies social Darwinism or some neoliberal economy statements for example , receive extensive support.
The number of people who accept the influence of the moon is high, perhaps due to its alleged role in health and in agriculture, but we should note, too, that there were also affirmative answers to questions about telepathy, astrology, or visits by extraterrestrial civilisations, although with a much lower occurrence.
If we consider that the sample was of graduates from scientific degrees who aspire to become high-school teachers, this is a cause for concern, because, in principle, these are the future educators who must adopt educational measures to counteract the pestering influence of pseudoscience. However, we must not ignore the importance of «non-formal science education», in particular, ideas coming from cinema, television, and the Internet, as well as from conversations with colleagues, friends, and family.
Ultimately, our data analysis leads us to assert that we must be alert to the presence of pseudoscientific thinking in classrooms. Thus, we suggest that criticism of these beliefs should be included in the Spanish science curriculum, as in other countries, to help promote the development of critical thinking with regard to pseudoscience among our students.
The Organic Law on Education used to allow for this as part of the Science for the Contemporary World subject which was mandatory for all first-year upper secondary-education students. The aim of this law was to promote reflection on social and scientific questions.
However, the Organic Law on the Improvement of the Quality of Education eliminated this subject and instead introduced Scientific Culture, which is merely instructive and is optional it competes with other subjects such as Religion and so, like other optional science subjects, it is seldomly chosen by students. Thus, we propose the recovery of this subject, and also think it is important to demand some responsibility from the media regarding their pseudoscientific content, which is usually embellished with the halo of journalistic research.
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