What is Pseudoscience?

"A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature...no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more mirculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish."

David Hume

"The rigorous training in rational, logical thought is actually an important pathway to wisdom. "

Bertrand Russell

Use Scientific Method to explore a pseudoscience topic

Evaluate Internet information critically by

• determining its accuracy, relevance, and comprehensiveness
• distinguishing among fact, point of view and opinion
• identifying inaccurate and misleading information
• selecting information appropriate to the problem

• Teacher Instructions
• Student Instructions
• Baloney Detection Kit
• GroupTask Sheet
• Useful Internet Sources