APELC Class Notes
Objectives: APELCers 1) processed satire, and 2) researched their worldviews.
Periods 1 and 3, today we tackled the satirical piece from The Onion that appeared on the 2005 APELC exam before we headed to the liberry for your final day of research.
Here’s the first part of the piece from Sunday’s 60 Minutes about stem cells magic I talked about in class, “21st Century Snake Oil”:
And here’s more from of Brian Dunning at Skeptoid related to bad or pseud0-science:
And here’re two more to ponder that have to do with the paranormal but that some view as vaguely, quantumy and sciencey: “All About Astrology” and “What’s Wrong with The Secret “. Also, don’t forget to read over the James Randi Education Foundation’s One Million Dollar Challenge. (Maybe you’ll accept the challenge and claim the prize?)
I look forward to your presentations next class, and I’d like all students in all periods to print the texts I’ve listed on your class page for next time. We probably won’t get to them, but I’d like you to have them read and in reserve for when we do have the time.