Called to Question
presents
The Scientific Method:
How To Make Sense Of A World That Increasingly Makes Less Sense
with return guest speaker
Stephen Brown, Ph.D.
(Stephen completed his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience in 2015 at Leiden University (The Netherlands). His dissertation focused on the role of the locus coeruleus, a small brainstem nucleus, and noradrenaline (a signalling chemical in the brain) in attention and learning.)
Can COVID vaccines make you magnetic? Why are eggs claimed to be healthy one day only to be identified as harbingers of terrible disease a while later? What is truth? More importantly: How do we distinguish what is plausible, and likely to be true, from what is not true? We have an outstanding and reliable system to make such decisions, called the scientific method. In this discussion, I would like to discuss what this method entails (e.g. Does all research allow you to infer causality? Is all research experimental? What does it mean for a scientist to publish something?), how this method can be used and how it should not be used. We will also create a mental toolkit to distinguish good research from bad research, and bad research from blatant nonsense.
Date and Time:
Saturday, 18th, 2021 at 7pm
Coffee and snacks provided.
*If you are experiencing any flu-like symptoms, stomach bug and/or respiratory sickness (or have been in contact with someone who does) within ten days of the event, we encourage you to skip out on this event. We'll catch you at the next one. Thanks for the consideration.
**Please let us know if you plan on attending as seating is limited.
