Science, pseudoscience, and education
2012-11-28
00:00
TBD (Facultat de Ciències, Campus UAB)
In this seminar I will discuss a paradox of our time. Collectively, we know much more on the Universe, the life, and other research fields that Aristotle or Archimedes knew about a couple of millenia ago, and more than Newton or Darwin few centuries ago.
However, a large fraction of people know much less than what these scientist knew and keep beliefs own of a Caveman. I will consider several issues that are driving people to believe in the incredible, many related with our own ways to think and …