week 6

The video clip, “The Baloney Detection Kit,” this week discusses the ways an effective critical thinker assesses claims made by others.

• Examine some key reasons why people might seem attracted to pseudoscience-type claims.
• Describe at least two (2) such claims that you have heard people make and analyze the main reasons why such claims do or do not meet rigorous scientific methodology standards.
• Determine at least two (2) ways in which the material discussed this week has changed your own thinking.

EXTRA CREDIT DISCUSSION (worth up to 5 points depending on the depth of your answer)
Explain your understanding of how the scientific method works and give one example of how you used it recently to solve a problem.