Comments on: It Sounds Scientific, So Why Isn’t That Good Enough? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:18:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: daedalus2u http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-550130 daedalus2u Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:06:50 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/#comment-550130 The classic example of following the form but not having the content is what Feynman called "cargo cult science". http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science (link disabled so comment would post) As a side note, it is NO that triggers mitochondrial biogenesis, so my NO/NOx bacteria actually do stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis, and they can be used as a cosmetic. The classic example of following the form but not having the content is what Feynman called “cargo cult science”.

http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science

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As a side note, it is NO that triggers mitochondrial biogenesis, so my NO/NOx bacteria actually do stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis, and they can be used as a cosmetic.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-543330 Kristina Chew, PhD Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:37:54 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/#comment-543330 Guess we can start talking about the "sciency-ness" of something. Guess we can start talking about the “sciency-ness” of something.

]]> By: Regan http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-543329 Regan Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:35:27 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/#comment-543329 <i>"...the more scientific-type language employed, the more ‘plausible’ it appears to be. However, all this really accomplishes is confusion..."</i> <a href="http://www.skeptics.org.uk/article.php?dir=articles&article=pseudoscience.php"><b>What is pseudoscience?</b></a> UK Skeptics “…the more scientific-type language employed, the more ‘plausible’ it appears to be. However, all this really accomplishes is confusion…”
What is pseudoscience?
UK Skeptics

]]> By: Emily http://www.blisstree.com/articles/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-563504 Emily Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:06:12 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/it-sounds-scientific-so-why-isnt-that-enough/#comment-563504 A classic sign of pseudoscience is use of "sciency" sounding--but really meaningless, sometimes hilariously so--terminology. A classic sign of pseudoscience is use of “sciency” sounding–but really meaningless, sometimes hilariously so–terminology.

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