1. What is science?
And how do we find it?

2. What is Science?
“Aspirin reduces the intensity of pain in those with minor pain-related conditions” “Quartz crystals can help you get pregnant” What is the difference between these two claims?
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

3. What is Science?
We have examples of what we would call SCIENCE, and what we would call PSEUDOSCIENCE, that is something that looks ‘Sciency’ but actually is not How then do we distinguish between these two categories of thing? (Remember, it cannot be simple true/false claims, as there can be claims that are scientific [e.g. Newton’s Relativity] that are also false)
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

4. What is Science?
A lot of people argue that science is about spotting patterns in things We see an example of two things happening in conjunction over and over again, and associate one with the other
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

5. What is Science?
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

6. What is Science?
Hippocrates, father of medicine, noticed that people with thumbs similar to that on the left tended to grab at their chest and fall over a lot We now know that Clubbing is caused by kinds of vasodilation that are associated with Heart disease, but just noticing the connection is enough to qualify as science
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

7. What is Science?
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

8. What is Science?
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

9. What is Science?
We now have a problem, we have to distinguish between good (clubbed thumbs = falls over) and bad (Nicholas Cage = less oxygen) How do we know when which is which? How do we decide?
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?

10. What is Science?
This human ability to associate acts with certain other acts is called PATTERNICITY It is responsible for a lot of good progress, but a lot of awful supersticions Michael Shermer will tell us more about it
KLQ: How do we distinguish what is and what is not science?