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Geology 1110 Assignment 1 The Nature of Science 1. Take each of the following statements and qualify it as scientific or nonscientific based on the six CONPTT criteria. To qualify as science or as a scientific statement all 6 criteria must be used and all must be satisfied. If most but not all are satisfied, then it may be a protoscience. If none are satisfied, then it may be a nonscience or pseudoscience. If you don’t know about the topic, go ahead and do an internet search. Fill in the Table below. Place an X in each criteria where the statement is true. Statement C O N P T T 1. College students eat more pizza than other age groups. x x x x 2. Extraterrestrials have visited Earth. 3. The Bermuda Triangle causes ships and planes to sink and disappear. x x 4. The number of human chromosomes was once “known” to be 48, but is now considered to be 46. x x 5. Some plants eat meat. x x x 6. If you are a Scorpio, your horoscope for today is: “Lunar position highlights back pay, refunds, correction of accounting error.” 7. Green plants convert sunlight into energy. x x x x x x 8. The coastlines of Africa and South America appear to fit together. x x 9. At one time it was thought the heart pumped blood out of a large container as an “open system” but now it is known that blood circulates in a closed system. x x
Statement C O N P T T 10. The moon is composed of green cheese. x x x 2. For each nonscientific statement, explain whether it is a protoscience, nonscience, or pseudoscience and why you have classified it as such. Extraterrestrials have visited Earth . It is not predictable, observable, natural, testable, or consistent. Pseudoscience, because it doesn’t meet the criteria of CONPTT. It relies on anecdotal or speculative information. If you are a Scorpio, your horoscope for today is: “Lunar position highlights back pay, refunds, correction of accounting error.” It is not predictable, observable, natural, testable, or consistent. Pseudoscience, because it doesn’t meet the criteria of CONPTT. It relies om unverified astrological beliefs.
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