When I think of the word "pseudoscience", I think of fake science. For example, when someone makes up a factor to fit their definition of something. According to Merriam-Webster, "pseudoscience" means: "a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific."
When I first read Jacoby's passages concerning evolution and creation, I was a little lost. But when I read it over again, I understood her as defining theories and why they are important in understanding what can be proven and what cannot. For example, evolution has scientific facts that can be proven, of course some more than others, but all-in-all, most scientific theories can be somewhat proven. Also, if a theory becomes definite, they are called laws. Example: theory of relativity versus the law of gravity.
Religion takes already drawn conclusions and backtracks to find evidence to support that conclusion. Science takes test results and facts and then draws conclusions from those. Jacoby talked about the movie March of the Penguins and I thought that was very important to bring up because it showed how emperor penguins reproduce, a method of evolution. Importantly, she noted that the movie avoided making evolution a major factor in the movie and the movie turned out to be very popular amongst everyone.
Why do people ignore factual information, that can be proven, and instead follow unfounded conclusions?
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