How many of you know someone or believe yourself in what would be considered by the majority to be pseudoscientific concepts?
Astrology seems to be the most 'mainstream' as horoscopes are in many newspapers and magazines. People may end up taking them seriously even though there is no scientific evidence whatsoever to backup what Astrology claims.
I'm a total non-believer of pseudoscience although i can understand why people are attracted to it if they don't know any better. (sorry i don't mean to come across as arrogant here but many of these concepts have been debunked by science or the facts can't be proved by any modern scientific method)
Critical thinking by your average Joe is harder nowadays especially when there's so many junk pseudoscience online, some of it very well written and convincing.
My mum - she believes in clairvoyants/psychics/mediums, ESP, 'auras' around people,crystal and energy healing etc etc. She calls me 'ignorant' for my lack of 'knowledge' in these 'fields'. It's frustrating!
To balance the argument out, spirits and life after death can never be disproved as science is still primitive involving the human mind, how the brain works and consciousness.
Although i'm mostly an atheist, God also cannot be disproved. (please DON'T let this be a discussion about religion!) Same with UFOs, alien life could be out there but most unlikely to be visiting our skies!
It's hard to write a post like this, i'm bound to upset someone but as science has progressed SO MUCH in the last few decades it seems the misinformation that has appeared on the internet over the last 5 - 10 years has increased massively.
My mum has the internet to 'back up' all her claims, no doubt the sources are not credible in the slightest!
Astrology seems to be the most 'mainstream' as horoscopes are in many newspapers and magazines. People may end up taking them seriously even though there is no scientific evidence whatsoever to backup what Astrology claims.
I'm a total non-believer of pseudoscience although i can understand why people are attracted to it if they don't know any better. (sorry i don't mean to come across as arrogant here but many of these concepts have been debunked by science or the facts can't be proved by any modern scientific method)
Critical thinking by your average Joe is harder nowadays especially when there's so many junk pseudoscience online, some of it very well written and convincing.
My mum - she believes in clairvoyants/psychics/mediums, ESP, 'auras' around people,crystal and energy healing etc etc. She calls me 'ignorant' for my lack of 'knowledge' in these 'fields'. It's frustrating!
To balance the argument out, spirits and life after death can never be disproved as science is still primitive involving the human mind, how the brain works and consciousness.
Although i'm mostly an atheist, God also cannot be disproved. (please DON'T let this be a discussion about religion!) Same with UFOs, alien life could be out there but most unlikely to be visiting our skies!
It's hard to write a post like this, i'm bound to upset someone but as science has progressed SO MUCH in the last few decades it seems the misinformation that has appeared on the internet over the last 5 - 10 years has increased massively.
My mum has the internet to 'back up' all her claims, no doubt the sources are not credible in the slightest!
