Great Scientific Blunders

Learn how important skepticism is as a first response to scientific claims by surveying blunders that resulted from a lack of critical thinking. Among them: the claimed existence of “n-rays,” cold fusion, Lord Kelvin’s calculations for the age of the Earth, and a psychologist drawn into reports by patients convinced they were abducted by aliens.

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  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created April 10, 2021 by
    WesManning
  • Modified November 29, 2022 by
    RicaRaducanu