Author: Julie Onofrio
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Scientific Method
The scientific method is based on a critical thinking process. I am just going to give a brief overview so you get an idea of the process. It is quite complex and best left to scientists who are trained in this. Scientific Papers are created to explain the process they went through in doing the…
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Logical Fallacies
There is a whole list of other types of logical fallacies ( From Excellcior Online Writing Lab) or inaccurate ways of thinking that get in the way of science. The Strawman – A straw man fallacy occurs when someone takes another person’s argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme…
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What gets in the way of Critical Thinking?
So here is the thing… In my previous posts I talked about Science literacy, Science vs Pseudoscience and critical thinking that you might want to read before this post, but the general overview is the massage profession is full of information that has been handed down by tradition and the lack of science creating a…
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Critical Thinking
As I was looking for a clear definition of critical thinking, it became evident that there is no clear definition or clear process of what critical thinking would look like. Thinking critically means that we work through a process of questioning everything. Richard Paul, in the book Critical Thinking: Tools for taking charge of your…
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Science vs Pseudoscience
In pseudoscience or fake science, bias (read more about bias in part 1 – Science Literacy) is often the basis of collecting the evidence along with poor evaluation of evidence to agree with their theory. There is no quality control in pseudoscience. It does not mean that it is bad science. Science fraud is where…