Essays on Junk Science

- Reasons for scientifically studying psychology

Psychology covers the science of both the behavior of human and nonhuman entities. Because science is a systematized body of knowledge it adds fulfilment to the humanity as it operates in the context of observation thereby leading to a deeper understanding of how a system works.

- Falsifiability

Falsifiability is that property that a hypothesis, a theory or a law may be proven wrong or false. Thus, most scientists expressed their data in confidence interval such as 99.99% certainty about some correlations because there is still a 0.01% that scientist may be wrong with such correlation.

- Confirmation bias

Confirmation bias is defined as the propensity of a researcher to interpret results ...

- Vertebrates: These are higher organisms in the kingdom Animalia that have a distinct spinal cord, i.e., a vertebra (notochord). Vertebrates include bony fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

- Invertebrates: Invertebrates are organisms of the kingdom Animalia that do not have a vertebral column. Invertebrate organisms include insects, arthropods, molluscs, worms, annelids and protozoans.

- Biodiversity: Biodiversity is the variation of different life forms present in any specified region, area, niche, biome and even planet. The variation includes genetic variations, specie variations and ecosystem variations.

- Nexus: A nexus is a gap junction that acts as intracellular connections between two cells. Nexus ...

Naif Alsultan

Through watching a few hours of news programming or reading random newspapers, it could be easy to jump on the bandwagon when it comes to the causes of certain diseases, however, research and the resulting information seem to be changing and evolving constantly. Yet, despite information that indicates the previously held belief is not supported by science, there are individuals, sometimes quite influential ones, which discard the hours of research spent to disprove their beliefs, rather electing to stick with their previously held beliefs. Instead of taking steps to protect their children, many parents and concerned loved ones have elected ...

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines science as “a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method.” On the other hand Forensics is defined as “suitable to courts of judicature.” As such, Forensic Science is the use of a knowledge system covering general truths, tested through scientific method that is suitable to judicature or to public discussion and debate. Comparing and contrasting “normal” science with forensic science is a quixotic task. The contrast is absurd on its face because forensic science is appropriately a part of the normal sciences – were it not ...