June 6: Pseudoscience
Although most fields can be easily defined as a science or a pseudoscience, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is an interesting case. Today in STEM in Society class we discussed pseudoscience. Despite the wide range of pseudosciences, they all have common properties: they seem like science with a systematic theory they claim to be science unscientific in a fundamental way Next, we split into groups to discuss an interesting case: the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). My team included Luke K, Samuel K, Derek Ahn, and Yejoon Ham. This exercise taught me how to work more effectively as a team. We used the following websites: A Primer on SETI at the SETI Institute New Model Predicts That We're Probably the Only Advanced Civilization in the Observable Universe - Universe Today SETI scientists begin huge new hunt for intelligent aliens | Space Technosignatures and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence | News | Astrobiology (nasa.gov) My team concluded...
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