Edges of Science
ECEN 3070, Section 880 –
Call #84893 – Fall 2008
Time: TTh 11:00 am –
12:15 pm Location:
ECEE 1B45
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 for a brief
description of the course.
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.