In this episode, we discuss what separates science from pseudoscience and touch upon the demarcation problem, the recent controversial podcast called the Telepathy Tapes, and the movie Ghostbusters. Enjoy. 

 

Shownotes

• McLean v. Arkansas 
• Pigliucci, M., & Boudry, M. (Eds.). (2019). Philosophy of pseudoscience: Reconsidering the demarcation problem. University of Chicago Press.
• Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate Animal Magnetism
• The Telepathy Tapes
• Frankfurt, H. G. (2009). On bullshit.
• Moberger, V. (2020). Bullshit, pseudoscience and pseudophilosophy. Theoria, 86(5), 595–611.
• Ghostbusters (1984) - Venkman's ESP Test Scene
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