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Skeptic Check: Science Blunders
We’ve all had an “oops” moment. Scientists are no exception. Sometimes science stumbles in the steady march of progress. Find out why cold fusion is a premier example why you shouldn’t hold a press conference before publishing your results. Also, how to separate fumbles from faux-science from fraud.
Plus, why ignorance is what really drives the scientific method.
And our Hollywood skeptic poses as a psychic for Dr. Phil, while our Dr. Phil (Plait) investigates the authenticity of a life-bearing meteorite.
Guests:
Phil Plait – Skeptic and author of Slate Magazine’s blog Bad Astronomy
Michael Gordin – Historian of science at Princeton University, author of The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
David Goodstein – Physicist, California Institute of Technology
Stuart Firestein – Neuroscientist, chair of the biology department, Columbia University, and author of Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles
Descripción en español
First released January 28, 2013.
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We’ve all had an “oops” moment. Scientists are no exception. Sometimes science stumbles in the steady march of progress. Find out why cold fusion is a premier example why you shouldn’t hold a press conference before publishing your results. Also, how to separate fumbles from faux-science from fraud.
Plus, why ignorance is what really drives the scientific method.
And our Hollywood skeptic poses as a psychic for Dr. Phil, while our Dr. Phil (Plait) investigates the authenticity of a life-bearing meteorite.
Guests:
Phil Plait – Skeptic and author of Slate Magazine’s blog Bad Astronomy
Michael Gordin – Historian of science at Princeton University, author of The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
David Goodstein – Physicist, California Institute of Technology
Stuart Firestein – Neuroscientist, chair of the biology department, Columbia University, and author of Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles
Descripción en español
First released January 28, 2013.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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