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Introduction to Level 2

Welcome to Course 201 & 202

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Course 201/202: Study Guide

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Level 1 Certification Completion

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 Scientific skepticism

1.1.2 Gullibility and pathological skepticism

1.1 Quiz

1.2 Thinking critically about claims in our day-to-day lives

1.2.1 Ask introspective questions

1.2.2 Investigate further

1.2.3 Follow Socratic questioning

1.2 Quiz

1.3 Summary

Assignment

Module 2 Introduction

2.1 Principle # 1: Falsifiability

2.1 Quiz

2.2 Principle # 2: Simplicity

2.2.1 Validity

2.2.2 Elegance

2.2.3 Eliminating Alternatives Through Refutation

2.2.4 Summary

2.2 Quiz

2.3 Principle # 3: Burden of Proof

2.3 Quiz

2.4 Principle #4: Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence

2.4 Quiz

2.5 Principle # 5: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (or of its existence)

2.5.1 i) absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

2.5.2 ii) an ‘absence of evidence’ or the lack of an ‘evidence of absence’ is not, in and of itself, ‘evidence of its existence’

2.5 Quiz

2.6 Principle # 6: Be comfortable in not knowing

2.6 Quiz

2.7 Integrating Critical Thinking: Practical Applications and Examples

2.7.1 Treasure digging

2.7.2 Health Device Investment

2.7.3 Miracle Cancer Cure

2.7.4 Microclustering

2.7 Quiz

Assignment

3.1 Evaluating Claims by Checking Scientific Articles

3.1.1 There are no scientific articles

3.1.2 There are scientific articles

3.1 Quiz

3.2 Additional questions to evaluate claims and articles

3.2 Quiz

4.1 Useful tools to determine the credibility of an article/journal

4.1 Quiz

4.2 Considerations Regarding Credentials

4.2 Quiz

4.3 Alignment between Expertise and Message (Stay within Scope)

4.3 Quiz

4.4 Evaluating the credentials of the messenger

4.4 Quiz

4.5 Conclusion

5.1 What is Pseudoscience?

5.1 Quiz

5.2 The Seven Deadly Sins of Pseudoscience

5.2.1 Deadly Sin #1: Overuse of ad hoc immunizing hypotheses.

5.2.2 Deadly Sin # 2: Lack of self-correction.

5.2.3 Deadly Sin # 3: Exaggerated claims.

5.2.4 Deadly Sin # 4: Overreliance on anecdotes.

5.2.5 Deadly Sin # 5: Evasion of peer review

5.2.6 Deadly Sin # 6: Absence of connectivity

5.2.7 Deadly Sin # 7: Psychobabble and technobabble.

5.2 Summary

5.2 Quiz

Assignment