Science vs. Pseudoscience - Siska De Baerdemaeker
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Pseudoscience is a set of theories, methods, and assumptions that appear scientific, but aren’t. In the worst cases, pseudoscience practitioners encourage this confusion to exploit people. But even when it's well-intentioned, pseudoscience can still prevent people from getting the help they need. So, how can you tell what’s science and what’s pseudoscience? Siska De Baerdemaeker investigates.
Karl Popper proposed falsifiability as a demarcation criterion. What does it mean? Why is it, on its own, not sufficient to solve the demarcation problem?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Siska De Baerdemaeker
- Director Eoin Duffy
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Composer Adam Alexander, Bamm Bamm Wolfgang
- Sound Designer Adam Alexander, Bamm Bamm Wolfgang
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Produced by Anna Bechtol, Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Kelso Harper
- Fact-Checker Paige Downie
