When it comes to science, the first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. This is true in all fields of science: from social sciences to physical ...

When someone forms a belief hastily, on scant evidence, and sticks to their conclusion, we accuse them of jumping to conclusions. Cognitive and clinical psychologists who study delusions have often ...

Wikipedia defines pseudo science as “a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not adhere to a valid scientific methodology, lacks supporting evidence or ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In the early days of independent India, Prime ...

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In a post published last week, Adam Frank argued for the importance of public facts, and of science as a method for ascertaining them. He emphasized the role of agreement in establishing public facts, ...

Tom McLeish receives funding from EPSRC (UK), AHRC (UK) and the Templeton Foundation. In the early days of independent India, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said ...