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Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science

by Allison B. Kaufman (Editor), James C. Kaufman (Editor)
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Case studies, personal accounts, and analysis show how to recognize and combat pseudoscience in a post-truth world.

In a post-truth, fake news world, we are particularly susceptible to the claims of pseudoscience. When emotions and opinions are more widely disseminated than scientific findings, and self-proclaimed experts get their expertise from Google, how can the average person distinguish real science from fake? This book examines pseudoscience from a variety of perspectives, through case studies, analysis, and personal accounts that show how to recognize pseudoscience, why it is so widely accepted, and how to advocate for real science.

Contributors examine the basics of pseudoscience, including issues of cognitive bias; the costs of pseudoscience, with accounts of naturopathy and logical fallacies in the anti-vaccination movement; perceptions of scientific soundness; the mainstream presence of integrative medicine, hypnosis, and parapsychology; and the use of case studies and new media in science advocacy.

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David Ball, Paul Joseph Barnett, Jeffrey Beall, Mark Benisz, Fernando Blanco, Ron Dumont, Stacy Ellenberg, Kevin M. Folta, Christopher French, Ashwin Gautam, Dennis M. Gorman, David H. Gorski, David K. Hecht, Britt Marie Hermes, Clyde F. Herreid, Jonathan Howard, Seth C. Kalichman, Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Arnold Kozak, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Emilio Lobato, Steven Lynn, Adam Marcus, Helena Matute, Ivan Oransky, Chad Orzel, Dorit Reiss, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Kavin Senapathy, Dean Keith Simonton, Indre Viskontas, John O. Willis, Corrine Zimmerman

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  1. ISBN-10
    0262037424
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    978-0262037426
  3. Publisher
    Mit Pr
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2014
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    1.25 x 7 x 9 inches
  7. Print length
    510 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mit Pr (January 1, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 510 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0262037424
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0262037426
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 10 - 12
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.25 x 7 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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James C. Kaufman

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James C. Kaufman is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He has written or edited more than 50 books. These include the recently published The Creativity Advantage (Cambridge) and the forthcoming Lessons in Creativity from Musical Theatre Characters (with Dana P. Rowe; Routledge), as well as the Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (with Robert J. Sternberg), Creativity 101 (Springer), a book on terrible baseball pitchers with his father, and a book on pseudoscience with his wife. James has developed many theories, most notably the Four C’s (with Ron Beghetto). He has developed several self-report measures of creativity and is currently focusing on positive outcomes of creativity. James has won many awards, including Mensa’s research award, the Torrance Award from the National Association for Gifted Children, the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children’s International Creativity Award, and APA’s Berlyne, Arnheim, and Farnsworth awards. He co-founded two major journals, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts and Psychology of Popular Media Culture and is the current Senior Associate Editor for Creativity Research Journal. He has tested Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s creativity on CNN; written the book and lyrics to the musical Discovering Magenta (which played NYC and has a cast album); and appeared onscreen, complete with white lab coat, in the comic book documentary Independents. James lives with his wife, Allison, his sons Jacob and Asher, and a menagerie currently containing two dogs, an African Grey Parrot, five rats, and an axolotl.

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  • John
    5.0 out of 5 stars Information on 2011 FTL neutrino measurement
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    Information on 2011 FTL neutrino measurement is limited but shows what likely happened
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  • rebecca s howard
    5.0 out of 5 stars In 22 chapters this book is edited by Allison Kaufman ...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018
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    In 22 chapters this book is edited by Allison Kaufman and James Kaufman and has individual chapters by multiple experts in their fields. Multiple areas dealing with health, agriculture, food science, infectious diseases, intelligence tests and how we evaluate causality are covered. The chapters are well written and thorough. There is a separate chapter on the costs of pseudoscience efforts and individual chapters also deal with the costs, both monetary and in human terms, of the effects of individuals and groups opposed to modern advancements such s vaccines, genetic engineering, etc. This book is well worth reading for anyone interested in this field (as we all should be).
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  • Karl Keyton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent work by an accomplished author
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2019
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    Excellent book, a solid overview and a compelling work overall.

    Feel free to dismiss the one star reviews as neither of them are based on sound scientific reasoning.
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  • SBGGeorge
    5.0 out of 5 stars But is it true?
    Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2018
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    A guide to thinking critically about the issues we hear about every day, and a worthy aid to parsing "fake news."
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  • DKR
    5.0 out of 5 stars but so far so good. Definitely an interesting read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2018
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    I’m still in the midst of reading, but so far so good. Definitely an interesting read!
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  • RV
    1.0 out of 5 stars The Pseudoscience of Pseudoscience.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2019
    The section dealing with Hydrino physics as pseudoscience is ill informed and biased. Plainly the authors are uninformed and use trivial aspects of a complex story to claim hydrino's are pseudoscience. For instance, they claim that Mills never responded to Rathke's criticism in the literature which is patently untrue. While it's true his rebuttle to Rathke's arguments was never printed by the same journal, that's because the journal refused to print it without a counter rebuttle by Rathke which he never wrote. But the authors use that as evidence that hydrino's are pseudoscience. Again they use the politics and process of a complex story as so-called evidence. Another dubious claim the authors make is that because Mills received an MD degree from Harvard, he can't know anything regarding physics. It's not his field they claim. First, that's outright academism, as bad as racism. Second, Mills undergrad degree is in Chemistry, directly related to the science of atoms. Then consider the fact is that Mills also studied engineering and at MIT no less! Thirdly, Mills wasn't a practicing physician (as though that somehow would disqualify his if he was). His goal at the time was medical technology of which he has several patents. Do the authors understand that smart people, from various disciplines can study, understand and advance physics? Apparently not! It's not about facts of nature but process of revealing those facts that's important to these authors. Scientists who follow the saga of abuse and ridicule against the science of hydrino's know this well. It's sad but true. Hydrino's are a fact of nature which will eventually be widely recognized. The data is real and overwhelming to those who actually get beyond their biases and look.
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  • Tim Jenson
    3.0 out of 5 stars Question For Those Who Have Read This Book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018
    I'm wondering if these guys take on Dean Radin, he has me convinced there is some scientific validity to paranormal. I find skeptic books frustrating because they to often attack the low hanging fruit and not some of the science going on with the paranormal. My main interest does this book address the scientific evidence of Dean Radin.? Thank I didn't know of any other way to find out if this book does.
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