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Article: Science education and belief in pseudoscience: good news--but the glass is still two-thirds empty.
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- Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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IN 1985 I BEGAN COLLECTING BOTH my own data and other people's studies regarding the prevalence of pseudoscientific beliefs in both small samples, and in the public at large. At the time many found the results, which indicated these beliefs were widespread and ubiquitous, to be shocking.
I found myself recently wondering how much progress we have made (if any). And to what factors do we owe our thanks if improvements be found? This curiosity prompted me to organize a research panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in San Francisco in February, 2007. Overall, there was some good news, some bad news, and a large ...