Pseudoscience in the classroom

SteveDallas · 09-28-2007, 11:00 AM

I don't know that I'd necessarily try to take down the speaker. I assume that the point of having him in a World Religions course is to have an example of contemporary New Age-y spirituality stuff.

But I'm a bit unclear about what you're saying about the students... are they saying they believe all the stuff he presented? Or are they just saying it should be accepted at face value as an example of what other people believe?

B) presumably ties in to the point of the course, though I'd like to see some critical thinking in action.

If the answer is A) and they brought in a Buddhist to talk about their personal experience of Buddhism, would these students all become Buddhists on the grounds that they are obligated to personally accept whatever a speaker in the class says?

09-28-2007, 11:00 AM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I don't know that I'd necessarily try to take down the speaker. I assume that the point of having him in a World Religions course is to have an example of contemporary New Age-y spirituality stuff. But I'm a bit unclear about what you're saying about the students... are they saying they believe all the stuff he presented? Or are they just saying it should be accepted at face value as an example of what other people believe? B) presumably ties in to the point of the course, though I'd like to see some critical thinking in action. If the answer is A) and they brought in a Buddhist to talk about their personal experience of Buddhism, would these students all become Buddhists on the grounds that they are obligated to personally accept whatever a speaker in the class says?

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