Edges of Science
ECEN 3070 – Spring 2011
Professor Garret Moddel
If you’re sure of the following and believe they’re not worth re-examining:
· Accepted science is rock-solid fact and not subject to revision
· Premonitions of future events have no scientific basis
· The concept of time-reversed causality contradicts basic logic and accepted physics
· The existence of telepathy is just wishful thinking
· Using our intentions to affect physical systems is just new-age gobbledygook
· The scientific method is objective and the only appropriate way to distinguish fact from fallacy
And you like:
· Learning only established facts in mature fields
· Accepting the possibility of phenomena only if their mechanisms are understood
· Relying on the experts to think things through for you
And you don’t like:
· Sitting on the edge of the unknown and peering in
· In-class discussions and debates
· Carrying out experiments without a canned outcome
· A class where you’ll actually read current research articles and even write one
Then this is the wrong
course for you.
Click here to
have a look at the syllabus.
Note:
the texts for the course are Entangled Minds, by Dean Radin (2006) and Parapsychology
and the Skeptics
by Chris Carter (2007), which are available online and in the CU bookstore and at
online booksellers.