{"id":33,"date":"2019-06-29T12:19:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T16:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2021-01-29T21:10:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T02:10:35","slug":"science-or-superstition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Science or Superstition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong> to the course website for the Science or Superstition courses taught by George Matthews at Plymouth State University. Here you can find all the reading material for the course, assignments and the course blog. We will be covering one chapter in each two week section. Please see the calendar for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- <div class=\"stats-container\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"> Spring 2021 <\/h2>\n<div class=\"stats-tabs\">\n<div class=\"tab\">\n<strong><span class=\"sbs-count-comments\">[sbs_comments cat=\"featured\"]<\/span> <\/strong>comments so far\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab\">\n<strong><span class=\"\" sbs-number-words\"\"=\"\">[sbs_word_count cat=\"featured\"]<\/span><\/strong> words written\n<\/div> \n<div class=\"tab\">\n<strong><span class=\"\" sbs-count-posts\"\"=\"\">[sbs_posts cat=\"featured\"]<\/span><\/strong> posts\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab\">\n<strong><span class=\"sbs-logged-users\">[sbs_logged_users]<\/span><\/strong> here now.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n-->\n\n\n\n<!-- Page-list plugin v.6.3 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ -->\n<ul class=\"page-list subpages-page-list \">\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-26 current_page_parent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/blog-posts\/\">\ud83d\udcdd Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1476\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/table-of-contents\/\">&#128203; Table of Contents<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-4352 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-1\/\">Chapter 1: Introduction<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-6171 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-1\/1-1\/\">&#128194; 1.1 Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4276 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-1\/1-2\/\">&#128194; 1.2 Using the Blog<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-383 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-1\/1-3\/\">&#128194;  1.3 What is science?<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4372 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-1\/1-4\/\">&#128194;  1.4 Critical Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-41 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-2\/\">Chapter 2: The Origins of Science<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-52 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-2\/2-1\/\">&#128194;  2.1 Ancient Greek Naturalism<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-430 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-2\/2-2\/\">&#128194;  2.2 Magical Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-218 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-2\/2-3\/\">&#128194;  2.3 Arguments and Reasoning<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-72\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-2\/2-4\/\">&#128194;  2. 4 Case Study: ESP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-43 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/\">Chapter 3: Modern Science<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-64 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-1\/\">&#128194; 3.1 The Scientific Revolution<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-295 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-2\/\">&#128194;  3.2 Perception and Illusion<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-558 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-3\/\">&#128194;  3.3 Knowledge and Observation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-275\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-3\/3-4\/\">&#128194;  3.4 Case study: Cryptids<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-45 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-4\/\">Chapter 4: Matter and Energy<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-82 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-4\/4-1\/\">&#128194;  4.1 A Second Revolution in Science<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3244 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-4\/4-2\/\">&#128194;  4.2 Logical Fallacies<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-915 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-4\/4-3\/\">&#128194;  4.3 The Logic of Explanation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-279\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-4\/4-4\/\">&#128194;  4.4 Case Study: Salem&#8217;s Secrets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-47 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-5\/\">Chapter 5: Explaining Life<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-909 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-5\/5-1\/\">&#128194;  5.1 Towards a Science of Life<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4367 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-5\/5-2-cognitive-biases\/\">&#128194;  5.2 Cognitive Biases<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-919 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-5\/5-3\/\">&#128194;  5.3 Chance, Uncertainty and Evolution<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-282 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6worlds.net\/science-blog\/science-or-superstition\/chapter-5\/5-4\/\">&#128194; 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