In this episode, we discuss what separates science from pseudoscience and touch upon the demarcation problem, the recent controversial podcast called the Telepathy Tapes, and the movie Ghostbusters. Enjoy.
Shownotes
- McLean v. Arkansas
- Pigliucci, M., & Boudry, M. (Eds.). (2019). Philosophy of pseudoscience: Reconsidering the demarcation problem. University of Chicago Press.
- Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate Animal Magnetism
- The Telepathy Tapes
- Frankfurt, H. G. (2009). On bullshit.
- Moberger, V. (2020). Bullshit, pseudoscience and pseudophilosophy. Theoria, 86(5), 595–611.
- Ghostbusters (1984) - Venkman's ESP Test Scene