131 Results for : pseudoscience
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On Psychology: Illustration in Psychopathology , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 109min
A brief history of psychology and the sciences as related to field theory. Also includes an article on synesthesia/schizophrenia. "Notes on Albert's Mind, Field Theory and Contextualism"Years passed. Man remained ignorant of man. Psychology was one day, many days, born. Man applied past skills to present whims. Psychology was oriented toward ideas and systems that were additive in nature, these seeming the most secure means of study. Or, was it additive in the sense that cause and effect were just so very apparent and quite so easy to discuss and observe? Is what is easy always right? It is true that many times, the simplest answer is the right answer. However, this very accepted view leads some to feel uneasy and to question the basic concepts as to their dimensionality within the "context" of their own daily life. And then came the behavioral mechanisms: It would see that some precepts in the fledgling pseudoscience, psychology, had not held up very well under not even very intense scrutiny."Synesthesia/Schizophrenia"In past years the study, control, and understanding of schizophrenia has been greatly hampered by lack of information, inappropriate tools (like no computers of sufficient complexity for handling of compilation and dissemination of data), obviously a lack of appropriate software for such research, and perhaps most simply, the incorrect approach. Since we must always reconsider, reevaluate, and redirect our attempts at helping the schizophrenic individual, this paper is directed toward this effort at seeing the schizophrenic person through the "filter" of a "normal" condition such as synesthesia. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: JZ Murdock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/120521/bk_acx0_120521_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 664min
In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure - or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O'Neill and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe" and "pseudoscience". The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion - oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding - that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: A. T. Chandler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011677/bk_adbl_011677_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Clairvoyance (Extended Edition): The Unmatched Guide to Learn How to Activate Your Extrasensory Perception (The Mind Body Spirit Connection, Book 4) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 373min
Ever wanted to be a clairvoyant? Here's a step-by-step guide to discovering and developing your hidden potential! What if you could see the past and the future?What if you could ask spirits to guide you through a difficult situation?What if you could read people's thoughts and sense their energies?Well, if you're already interested in these topics, you've got the gift of clairvoyance, even if you're not fully aware of it yet. And your subconsciousness is telling you that it's time to unwrap this gift - otherwise, you wouldn't be searching for this book right now.Many gifted clairvoyants never get to develop their special abilities. Whenever they see visions, have prophetic dreams, or experience contact with spirits, they dismiss these events as "coincidences" and "pseudoscience" and live their whole lives without even tapping into their true potential.Don't be like these people.You've been given unique powers, so learn how to use them and enjoy them.Just take your first step right now and get this book.This audiobook will help you:Make wise decisions by learning to trust your intuitionBecome fully aware of your psychic gifts and acknowledge themFine-tune your senses and read people's thoughts by scanning their energiesBecome immune to lies and manipulation by seeing people's true intentionsActivate your etheric and astral vision to see the true nature of thingsSee objects and people in faraway placesMake sense of spontaneous visions and dreamsExperience scenes from the past and understand their meaningTake a sneak peek into the near and distant futureEstablish contact with the world of spirits and ask them for guidanceAnd much more!This audiobook is aimed at beginners like you - people who sense the power within them but are not sure how to use it. Simply follow the ste ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Chandler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/213328/bk_acx0_213328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Clairvoyance: The Unmatched Guide to Learn How to Activate Your Extrasensory Perception – Volume 2: Mindfulness Meditation Benefits, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 197min
Ever wanted to be a clairvoyant? Here's a step-by-step guide to discovering and developing your hidden potential! What if you could see the past and the future?What if you could ask spirits to guide you through a difficult situation?What if you could read people's thoughts and sense their energies?Well, if you're already interested in these topics, you've got the gift of clairvoyance even if you're not fully aware of it yet. And your subconsciousness is telling you that it's time to unwrap this gift - otherwise, you wouldn't be searching for this book right now.Many gifted clairvoyants never get to develop their special abilities. Whenever they see visions, have prophetic dreams, or experience contact with spirits, they dismiss these events as "coincidences" and "pseudoscience" and live their whole lives without even tapping into their true potential.Don't be like these people.You've been given unique powers, so learn how to use them and enjoy them.Just take your first step right now and get this book.This book will help you:See objects and people in faraway places.Make sense of spontaneous visions and dreams.Experience scenes from the past and understand their meaning.Take a sneak peek into the near and distant future.Establish contact with the world of spirits and ask them for guidance.This book is aimed at beginners like you - people who sense the power within them but are not sure how to use it. Simply follow the step-by-step techniques and your extrasensory abilities will grow in a matter of weeks!Scroll up, click on "Buy Now", and unlock your potential now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Chandler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/209762/bk_acx0_209762_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Clairvoyance: The Unmatched Guide to Learn How to Activate Your Extrasensory Perception - Volume 1 : Mindfulness Meditation Benefits, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 197min
Ever wanted to be a clairvoyant? Here's a step-by-step guide to discovering and developing your hidden potential! What if you could see the past and the future?What if you could ask spirits to guide you through a difficult situation?What if you could read people's thoughts and sense their energies?Well, if you're already interested in these topics, you've got the gift of clairvoyance even if you're not fully aware of it yet. And your subconsciousness is telling you that it's time to unwrap this gift - otherwise, you wouldn't be searching for this book right now.Many gifted clairvoyants never get to develop their special abilities. Whenever they see visions, have prophetic dreams, or experience contact with spirits, they dismiss these events as "coincidences" and "pseudoscience" and live their whole lives without even tapping into their true potential.Don't be like these people.You've been given unique powers, so learn how to use them and enjoy them.Just take your first step right now and get this book.This book will help you:Make wise decisions by learning to trust your intuitionBecome fully aware of your psychic gifts and acknowledge themFine-tune your senses and read people's thoughts by scanning their energiesBecome immune to lies and manipulation by seeing people's true intentionsActivate your etheric and astral vision to see the true nature of thingsThis book is aimed at beginners like you - people who sense the power within them but are not sure how to use it. Simply follow the step-by-step techniques and your extrasensory abilities will grow in a matter of weeks!Scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and unlock your potential now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Chandler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/209944/bk_acx0_209944_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Skepticism 101: How to Think like a Scientist, Hörbuch, Digital, 551min
Despite our best efforts, we're all vulnerable to believing things without using logic or having proper evidence—and it doesn't matter how educated or well read we are. But there is a method for avoiding such pitfalls of human nature, and it's called skepticism. By using rational inquiry and seeing subjects from a scientific perspective, we can approach even the most sensitive claims with clear eyes to ultimately arrive at the truth. During 18 lectures that will surprise, challenge, and entertain you, you will learn how to think, not just what to think—and you'll come to understand why extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. You'll discover how skepticism can help differentiate between real science and pseudoscience, as well as between "scientific" history and pseudohistory—distinctions that have serious educational and political implications. Fascinating case studies illustrate how you can apply the methods of skepticism to detect specious claims and faulty logic in any scenario you encounter such as: The methodology employed by Holocaust deniers Arguments made by proponents of creationism The biology of near-death experiences and the sensed-presence effect Psychic abilities and other "paranormal" phenomena. As you learn how our brains work to form beliefs, you'll examine the classic fallacies of thought that lead us to experience mistakes in thinking and to form bad arguments in favor of our beliefs. Is there a God? Is there life after death? Is there a basis for morality without God? Skepticism 101 doesn't shy away from controversial questions, nor does it give final answers. What it offers are methods and hard evidence for rationally evaluating various claims and positions, and an opportunity to understand why you believe what you believe. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in Language: English. Narrator: Michael Shermer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000270/bk_tcco_000270_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Philosophy of Science, Hörbuch, Digital, 1097min
What makes science science? Why is science so successful? How do we distinguish science from pseudoscience? This exciting inquiry into the vigorous debate over the nature of science covers important philosophers such as Karl Popper, W. V. Quine, Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, Imre Lakatos, Carl Hempel, Nelson Goodman, and Bas van Fraassen. These thinkers responded in one way or another to logical positivism, the dominant movement influencing the philosophy of science during the first half of the 20th century - a movement whose eventual demise is an object lesson in how truly difficult it is to secure the logical foundations of a subject that seems so unassailably logical: science. The philosophy of science can be abstract and theoretical, but it is also surprisingly practical. Science plays a pivotal role in our society, and a rigorous study of its philosophical foundations sheds light on the ideas, methods, institutions, and habits of mind that have so astonishingly and successfully transformed our world. In the course of these 36 stimulating lectures, you will investigate a wide range of philosophical approaches to science, including empiricism, constructivism, scientific realism, and Bayesianism. You'll also examine such concepts as natural kinds, bridge laws, Hume's fork, the covering-law model, the hypothetico-deductive model, and inference to the best explanation (mistakenly called "deduction" in the Sherlock Holmes stories). Professor Kasser shows how these and other tools allow us to take apart scientific arguments and examine their inner workings - all the while remaining an impartial guide as you navigate the arguments among different philosophers during the past 100 years. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Jeffrey L. Kasser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000238/bk_tcco_000238_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 670min
Julie Rehmeyer felt like she was going to the desert to die. Julie fully expected to be breathing at the end of the trip - but driving into Death Valley felt like giving up, surrendering. She'd spent years battling a mysterious illness so extreme that she often couldn't turn over in her bed. The top specialists in the world were powerless to help, and research on her disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, was at a near standstill. Having exhausted the plausible ideas, Julie turned to an implausible one. Going against both her instincts and her training as a science journalist and mathematician, she followed the advice of strangers she'd met on the Internet. Their theory - that mold in her home and possessions was making her sick - struck her as wacky pseudoscience. But they had recovered from chronic fatigue syndrome as severe as hers. To test the theory that toxic mold was making her sick, Julie drove into the desert alone, leaving behind everything she owned. She wasn't even certain she was well enough to take care of herself once she was there. She felt stripped not only of the life she'd known, but any future she could imagine. With only her scientific savvy, investigative journalism skills, and dog, Frances, to rely on, Julie carved out her own path to wellness - and uncovered how shocking scientific neglect and misconduct had forced her and millions of others to go it alone. In stunning prose, she describes how her illness transformed her understanding of science, medicine, and spirituality. Through the Shadowlands brings scientific authority to a misunderstood disease and spins an incredible and compelling story of tenacity, resourcefulness, acceptance, and love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie Rehmeyer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/096856/bk_acx0_096856_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills, Hörbuch, Digital, 759min
No skill is more important in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in an effective and responsible way. What's more, at no point in human history have we had access to so much information, with such relative ease, as we do in the 21st century. But because misinformation out there has increased as well, critical thinking is more important than ever. These 24 rewarding lectures equip you with the knowledge and techniques you need to become a savvier, sharper critical thinker in your professional and personal life. By immersing yourself in the science of cognitive biases and critical thinking, and by learning how to think about thinking (a practice known as metacognition), you'll gain concrete lessons for doing so more critically, more intelligently, and more successfully. The key to successful critical thinking lies in understanding the neuroscience behind how our thinking works - and goes wrong; avoiding common pitfalls and errors in thinking, such as logical fallacies and biases; and knowing how to distinguish good science from pseudoscience. Professor Novella tackles these issues and more, exploring how the (often unfamiliar) ways in which our brains are hardwired can distract and prevent us from getting to the truth of a particular matter. Along the way, he provides you with a critical toolbox that you can use to better assess the quality of information. Even though the world is becoming more and more saturated information, you can take the initiative and become better prepared to make sense of it all with this intriguing course. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Novella. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000076/bk_tcco_000076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Alkaline Smoothie Bowls: Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health, Unstoppable Energy and (If Desired) Natural Weight Loss, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 116min
Welcome to the world of Amazing Smoothie Bowls, full of alkaline foods, herbs, and superfoods to help you nourish your body and mind in a simple and effective way! Ready to revolutionize your health in less than 15 minutes a day? You are just about to discover simple and super-healthy ways to create delicious and nutritious smoothie bowls even if you are on a busy schedule. Alkaline smoothie bowls are cleverly designed, plant-based creations, perfect for people who want to take care of their health in a holistic way and keep it simple, doable, and fun. Holistic health and wellness benefits include: Better focus and energy Less sugar cravings Natural weight loss without feeling deprived Reduced inflammation Increased well-being and zest for life Healthier skin, hair, and nails Alkaline smoothie bowls are great for breakfast, as a quick snack, or even as a yummy, guilt-free and nutrient-packed dessert. They leave room for creativity and always attract attention at parties and family occasions. They are not dull and are effortless to prepare. Here is exactly what you will discover inside: Alkaline smoothie bowls secrets - how to make sure you can create amazing recipes even on a busy schedule (and love the process) What exactly is the alkaline diet, alkaline foods, and alkaline lifestyle (no pseudoscience - promised) Simple tricks that will allow you to conjure up amazingly nutritious, plant-based meals and alkaline smoothie bowls How to come up with attractive and taste-boosting toppings (even if you have no clue) Effective and proven ways to incorporate alkaline herbs, spices, and superfoods and make your smoothie bowls, not only delicious, but also anti-inflammatory and immune-system-boosting magicians Over 50 tantalizing alkaline smoothie bowl recipes you will never ge ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bo Morgan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/116717/bk_acx0_116717_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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