Note about Kent Hovind's dissertation. Amazing.
This is the doctoral dissertation! Concerns evolution.
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Aug 26 W Lecture # 1 Introduction; Start reading Sagan
28 F Lecture # 2 The Scientific Method; Continue reading Sagan
31 M Lecture # 3 Induction and Deduction; Magic; Quiz on preface, chapters 1 and 2 of Sagan
Sep 02 W Lecture # 4 Assumptions; Quiz on chapters 3 and 4 of Sagan
04 F Lecture # 5 Unintended consequences; Homework #1 due by 11:00am
09 W Lecture # 6 More unintended consequences; Quiz on chapters 5 and 6 of Sagan
11 F Lecture # 7 Observation and Perception; Homework #2 due by 11:00am
14 M Lecture # 8 More Observing;Observation results;Quiz on chapters 7 and 8 of Sagan
16 W Lecture # 9 UFOs, etc.; Memory exercise; Quiz on chapters 9 and 10 of Sagan
18 F Lecture #10 More UFOs; Midterm paper's title, abstract, and outline due by 11:00am
21 M Lecture #11 Frank Scully; Quiz on chapters 11 and 12 of Sagan
23 W Lecture #12 More Scully; Astrology; Quiz on chapters 13 and 14 of Sagan
25 F Lecture #13 More Astrology; 3-page Book review #1 due by 11:00am
28 M Lecture #14 Pseudoscience and Evidence; Quiz on chapters 15 and 16 of Sagan
30 W Lecture #15 Eyewitness Evidence; Quiz on Foreword through chapter 2 of Schick and Vaughn
Oct 02 F Lecture #16 Eyewitness Evidence; Homework #3 due by 11:00am
05 M Lecture #17 Hoaxes; Quiz on chapter 3 of Schick and Vaughn
07 W Lecture #18 More Hoaxes; Quiz on They See Dead People, Or Do They?;
09 F Lecture #19 Two important hoaxes; Midterm paper due by 11:00am;
14 W Lecture #20 Psychics; Quiz on James Randi's One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
16 F Lecture #21 More psychics
19 M Lecture #22 Yet more psychics; Quiz on chapter 4 of Schick and Vaughn
21 W Lecture #23 Cold Reading methods; Quiz on chapter 5 of Schick and Vaughn
23 F Lecture #24 Modern Scams; Homework #4 due by 11:00am
26 M Lecture #25 Guest: Agent Paul Ahner, U.S. Secret Service; Quiz on chapter 6 of Schick and Vaughn
28 W Lecture #26 Peak Oil Production; Quiz on chapter 7 of Schick and Vaughn
30 F Lecture #27 Guest: Dr. Bob Gregory describes Peak Oil; Homework #5 due by 11:00am
Nov 02 M Lecture #28 Intro to Probability; Quiz on chapter 8 of Schick and Vaughn
04 W Lecture #29 More Probability; Quiz on foreword through chapter 1 of Shermer
06 F Lecture #30 Experiment Design; Final paper's title, abstract, and outline due by 11:00am
09 M Lecture #31 More experiments, with videos; Quiz on chapters 2 and 3 of Shermer
11 W Lecture #32 Risk Analysis; Quiz on chapters 4 and 5 of Shermer
13 F Lecture #33 More Risk Analysis; Homework #6 due by 11:00 AM
16 M Lecture #34 How to Lie with Statistics; Quiz on chapters 6 and 7 of Shermer
18 W Lecture #35 Guest Speaker: Dr. Pavel Nadolsky on Lysenko; Quiz on chapters 8 and 9 of Shermer
20 F Lecture #36 Patents; 3-page book review #2 due by 11:00am
23 M Lecture #37 Threshold Phenomena; Quiz on chapters 10 and 11 of Shermer
30 M Lecture #38 More Threshold Phenomena; Midterm rewrites due by 11:00am (no exceptions);
Dec 02 W Lecture #39 Dr. Snow and Cholera; Quiz on chapters 12 and 13 of Shermer
04 F Lecture #40 Alternative Medicine; Quiz on chapters 14 and 15 of Shermer
07 M Lecture #41 More Alternative Medicine; Final paper due by 11:00am
09 W Lecture #42 Student Presentations: MMR and Autism; Feingold Diet
Dec 17 T Final Examination: 11:30pm-2:30pm in 153 Fondren Science
Lecture Topics:
Abstinence Only;
AIDS Denial;
Alternative Medicine;
Assumptions;
Astrology;
Bermuda Triangle;
Cannibalism;
Cold Reading; Talking to the Dead;
Creationism;
Death Penalty;
DNA, Art Fraud ;
ESP;
Second-hand Smoke (ETS);
Experiment Design;
What is Evidence?;
Eyewitness Testimony;
Faith Healing;
Flat Earth;
Global Warming;
Hoaxes;
Intelligent Design Creationism;
Induction and Deduction;
Introduction;
Law of Unintended Consequences;
How to Lie with Statistics;
Trofim Lysenko;
Modern Art;
Observation and Perception;
Patents;
Peak Oil;
Polls;
Probability;
Recognizing Pseudoscience;
Psychics;
Conceptions about Risk;
Modern Scams;
Scams, Frauds, and ID Theft;
The Scientific Method;
Science and Religion;
Shroud of Turin;
Skeletons in the Physics Closet;
Dr. Snow and Cholera; Barry Marshall and Ulcers;
Searching for the Star;
Stellar Evolution;
Student Presentations;
Threshold Phenomena;
UFOs;
Vaccines do not Cause Autism;
They See Dead People, Or Do They?
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