The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense<\/i> by Michael
\nShermer<\/p>\n
I was kind of nonplussed by this book. He sets off to try and define the
\ndifference between solid science, pseudoscience, and the gray area in
\nbetween. And near as I can tell, he doesn’t really come to any firm
\nconclusion.<\/p>\n
Sure, he can rule out some pseudoscience fairly easily (Creationism is not
\nfalsifiable, and therefore decidedly not science), but in the borderlands
\n(like SETI) he just says “Gray area, whatareyagonnado?”.<\/p>\n
Plus, there was a lot of rehashing (or perhaps prehashing… I’m not sure
\nof the order) of the other books I’ve read by him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense by Michael Shermer I was kind of nonplussed by this book. He sets off to try and define the difference between solid science, pseudoscience, and the gray area in between. And near … Continue reading