BLA-1304

In each section you will write the example and details to the law that was broken.
Psychology is a "fuzzy" science, but it's still a science.

You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.
 * 1) In the documentary "A Stranger in her Own City", there is a cultural rule that women must wear veils. When a girl doesn't, men being interviewed say it is wrong and against religion. When asked to prove it, the men have no facts, they just say to look in the Koran. There is no Legal or Religious rule that says women must wear veils. He had an opinion, but no facts.

Science runs on careful criticism.

Fight fire with fire, and data with data.

There's power in precise terms.

Correlation is not causation.
 * 1) In a neurofeedback video on Substance Abuse, there is a statistic showing that 77% of users who used neurofeedback as a form of rehab were sober within 12 months, where as only 44% of users who didn't use neurofeedback were sober within 12 months. There is no evidence, however, suggesting that neurofeedback caused more users to be sober within 12 months.

http://www.biofeedbackassociates.com/videos.html

More of something good isn't always better. The vitamin C in supplements mobilizes harmless ferric iron stored in the body and converts it to harmful ferrous iron, which induces damage to the heart and other organs, Dr. Herbert said in an interview.
 * 1) Too much vitamin c can be harmful.

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/09/us/taking-too-much-vitamin-c-can-be-dangerous-study-finds.html

Beware the plausible, especially if it works.



Where there's smoke, there's smoke.
 * 1) When Amy Winehouse died, many people assumed that since she previously had a drug addiction, she must have had an overdose. There was no evidence that drug use lead to her death. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning.

Lack of evidence doesn't mean it's false.
 * 1) OJ Simpson was accused of murder. Due to a lack of evidence, he was not convicted. He later wrote a book describing how he would have murdered his wife if he wanted to. It is widely believed that he was guilty of murder. Just because there is a lack of evidence, doesn't mean it's false. However, where there is smoke, there is smoke.