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Science Fiction

Science Fiction. pseudoscience. Pseudoscience  is a belief that is presented as scientific and legitimate, but lacks any scientific evidence to support it. Pseudo means fake, fraudulent, or pretending to be something that it is not. Often based in folklore, legend, or mythology. examples.

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Science Fiction

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  1. Science Fiction

  2. pseudoscience Pseudoscience is a belief that is presented as scientific and legitimate, but lacks any scientific evidence to support it. • Pseudo means fake, fraudulent, or pretending to be something that it is not. • Often based in folklore, legend, or mythology.

  3. examples Bigfoot: also known as sasquatch, is a large ape-like animal that inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Yeti: The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is a large ape-like animal said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. Yowie: unidentified human like creature that lives in the Australian bush.

  4. examples Crop Circles: A crop circle is a sizable pattern created by the flattening of a crop. The first crop circles reports started appearing in the 1970s in South England. Many believe that they are created by extra-terrestrial beings as a message to earth.

  5. examples UFO’s (unidentified flying objects): an unusual flying object that can’t be identified as anything known to the observer. Usually associated with alien spacecraft.

  6. examples Loch ness monster: a monster that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. The most common theory is that that the creature represents a line of long-surviving dinosaurs.

  7. examples Telekinesis: moving object with thought such as lifting objects or bending spoons. Popularized by star wars as an ability of Jedi Knights. Mattel's Mindflex requires players to concentrate really hard in order to power a fan that'll float a ball through the hoop (click for video)

  8. examples Lost City of Atlantis: In 360 B.C. Platowrote about a beautiful island in the Atlantic Ocean that went under the ocean waves in one day and one night. It took two books to describe the history and details of this almost magical island.

  9. Science or Pseudoscience?

  10. Pseudoscience Fakes Pseudoscience is often supported by hoaxes where people reproduce fake evidence or can be the results of misidentification. (click for video)

  11. Conspiracy Theorists Pseudoscience is often supported by sceptics of real science who think that the Government is conspiring to hide the truth. Some classic examples of this include: • Global warming • Apollo moon landing • The existence of UFO’s

  12. Activity Use Wikipedia and other websites to: • Write a description of a pseudoscientific phenomenon. • Find the origin of the pseudoscience, when did it first begin? video, photo, other. • Provide any evidence (video, photo, or other) that supports the pseudoscience and state whether it is reliable. • Come up with an experiment that would be able to test whether it is science or pseudoscience.

  13. Questions?

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