List of Valuable And Interesting Science-Related Information (SteemSTEM)
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0.000 HBDList of Valuable And Interesting Science-Related Information (SteemSTEM)
<b> This is a compilation of some of science related materials I have collected within last few years. It touches different fields of science. The second section also contains a lot of pseudoscience criticism. I have not included the links to YouTube videos, because it would mess up the post. Just google this titles up in YouTube or go directly to <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6PoR9JgtTWLAD8hVmv1CJKpEWkcY_5GJ6ZqgCxcBvA/edit">Google Document</a> to see the links. This document is also attached to <a href="https://steemit.com/@steemstem">SteemSTEM</a> chat channel.</b> ---- http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg541/Peter_April/ghjhg_zpsi8mpuob6.jpg <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-heenehan/invite-a-scientist_b_5659728.html">Image Source</a>] <h2>SCIENTIFIC METHOD, LOGICAL REASONING:</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> The Scientific Method Made Easy Science Literacy | 1.0 Science Literacy Matters Science Literacy | 2.1 Scientific Consensus - How It Forms Open-mindedness What Science Is and Is Not Can We Trust Scientists? Why Don't Scientists Fear Hell? Lecture 1: Science Based Medicine vs.Evidence Based Medicine Critical Thinking Fallacy: Formal and Informal Fallacies Falsifiability. A self-refuting theory? Karl Popper and Falsification <b>Articles:</b> Who Will Debunk The Debunkers? http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/who-will-debunk-the-debunkers/ The Six Most Misused Words in Science, According to Scientists http://futurism.com/the-six-most-misused-words-in-science/ How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper: A Step-by-Step Guide for Non-Scientists http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-raff/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper_b_5501628.html Is Science an Ideology? https://philosophynow.org/issues/15/Is_Science_an_Ideology Is Science or Naturalism an Ideology? http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/is_science_or_naturalism_an_ideology/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, GENETICS, NEUROSCIENCE, EPIGENETICS:</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology - Series of lectures from Stanford University Why hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche (by dr. Robert Sapolsky) Alfie Kohn - Education and Competition PBS Nova - Ghost in your Genes Brain Development & Addiction with Gabor Mate Dr. Gabor Maté: Consequences of Stressed Parenting Gabor Mate Lecture - "Hold On To Your Kids" TED - The fiction of memory | Elizabeth Loftus TED-ED - What is depression? - Helen M. Farrell TED - How to spot a liar | Pamela Meyer Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Just Another Primate? Dr. Robert Sapolsky's lecture about Biological Underpinnings of Religiosity Why Religion causes brain damage <b>Articles:</b> The First Year - Baby Brains http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/baby-brains/bhattacharjee-text Top Ten Myths About the Brain http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/top-ten-myths-about-the-brain-178357288/?utm_campaign=buffer&no-ist=&utm_content=buffer5eb59&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&page=3 Genetic predisposition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_predisposition Strange but True: Testosterone Alone Does Not Cause Violence https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-testosterone-alone-doesnt-cause-violence/ Religious Experiences Shrink Part of the Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/religious-experiences-shrink-part-of-brain/ Excessive Attention Seeking and Drama Addiction https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/obesely-speaking/201411/excessive-attention-seeking-and-drama-addiction Risks of Harm from Spanking Confirmed by Analysis of Five Decades of Research http://news.utexas.edu/2016/04/25/risks-of-harm-from-spanking-confirmed-by-researchers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>AUTOMATION, ROBOTIZATION:</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> Humans Need Not Apply Will Work For Free TEDx - Robots Will Steal Your Job, but That's OK: Federico Pistono Discovery Documentary Future Transportation Technology Billions in Change Official Film ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>POPULATION GROWTH</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> Don't Panic: the Truth About Population TED - The best stats you've ever seen | Hans Rosling ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL SYSTEMS</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> Basic Income Introduction to a Resource Based Economy The Choice is Ours ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>BIAS IN SCIENCE:</h2> <b>Articles:</b> Study: Elite scientists can hold back science http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2015/12/15/10219330/elite-scientists-hold-back-progress ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg541/Peter_April/hhgf_zpsfvsswtho.jpg [<a href="http://www.khabarpress.com/302524-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1.html">Image Source</a>] <h2>CONSPIRACY THEORIES:</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> The Ultimate Conspiracy Debunker <b>Articles:</b> 10 Reasons Why Hidden Cancer Cure Conspiracy Theories Fail https://hatepseudoscience.com/2015/07/02/10-snags-in-the-hidden-cancer-cure-conspiracy-theory/ Features of Denialism http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/features-of-denialism/ Fluoridation of water http://skepdic.com/fluoridation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>MEDICINE, THERAPY, ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE:</h2> <b>Articles:</b> The Great “Detox” Deception http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_great_8220detox8221_deception Does medical marijuana work? The answer is (mostly) “no” and “we don’t know” http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/06/24/does-medical-marijuana-work-the-answer-is-mostly-no-and-we-dont-know/ Alternative Cancer Cures: “Unproven” or “Disproven”? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/canjclin.54.2.110/full Puncturing the Acupuncture Myth https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/puncturing-the-acupuncture-myth/ Can Acupuncture Treat Depression? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-acupuncture-treat-depression/ Whole Body Cryotherapy https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/whole-body-cryotherapy/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>CREATIONISM:</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> Putting faith in its place How Evolution Works Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins Talks about Science and Religion My Spirituality as an Atheist <b>Articles:</b> Top 10 Myths about Evolution https://proud-a.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/Evolution.html 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/15-answers-to-creationist/ Atheism is Not a Religion, Ideology, Belief System, Philosophy http://atheism.about.com/od/atheismreligionideology/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>DUBIOUS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:</h2> List of Standalone Journals - Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals: https://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/ List of Publishers - Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>ANTI-VACCINATION:</h2> <b>YouTube Videos:</b> The "Science" of Anti-Vaccination: <b>Articles:</b> "The Vaccine-Autism Connection: A Public Health Crisis Caused by Unethical Medical Practices and Fraudulent Science" http://aop.sagepub.com/content/45/10/1302 "Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies". https://autismoevaccini.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/vaccines-are-not-associated-with-autism.pdf "Does antigenic overload exist? The role of multiple immunizations in infants." 2003 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14753385 "Vaccine Safety Controversies and the Future of Vaccination Programs" 2005 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7485362_Vaccine_Safety_Controversies_and_the_Future_of_Vaccination_Programs "Adverse events following immunization: perception and evidence" 2007 http://lib.ajaums.ac.ir/booklist/955899.pdf "Vaccination Safety Update" 2008 "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680557/" "How the case against the MMR vaccine was fixed" 2011 http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347.full "Wakefield’s article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent" 2011 http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c7452.full "A case of junk science, conflict and hype" 2014 http://www.nature.com/ni/journal/v9/n12/full/ni1208-1317.html "MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism" The Sunday Times 2009 http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/news/article148992.ece "Lancet retracts 'utterly false' MMR paper" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/feb/02/lancet-retracts-mmr-paper Other criticism: MMR and Autism Rises from the Dead https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/mmr-and-autism-rises-from-the-dead/ "Anti-vaccination" http://www.skeptics.com.au/tag/anti-vaccination/ Anti-vaccination Movement (AVM) http://skepdic.com/antivaccination.html ----- ----- ----- http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg541/Peter_April/hfgfg_zps9yubbml1.jpg <a href="http://www.consilient-group.com/scienceshit/">Image Source</a> <b>I hope that you have found the list interesting and helpful. Please, feel welcome to use it in fighting pseudoscience, science deniers and science confusionists. -logic</b>
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