Rationally Speaking #44 - Fluff that Works
Rationally Speaking Podcast
English - September 25, 2011 14:22 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 464 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Social Sciences philosophy science skepticism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Rationally Speaking #43 - Women in Skepticism
In this episode we tackle the curious case of pseudoscience or mysticism that works, or seems to, at least some of the times. From acupuncture to chiropractic, from yoga to meditation, what do we make of instances where something seems to have the desired effect for the wrong reasons (e.g., acupuncture), or might otherwise be a perfectly acceptable technique which happens to come intricately bundled with mysticism (e.g., yoga)?