BLA-1911

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.__

EX1: As i read this article, they called psychology a soft science and also they say it does not "meet the five basic requirements for a field to be considered scientifically rigorous: clearly defined terminology, quantifiability, highly controlled experimental conditions, reproducibility and, finally, predictability and testability."

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/13/news/la-ol-blowback-pscyhology-science-20120713

Example 2: I read this article about whether or not if psychology is a science.

http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/

You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.

Science runs on careful criticism.

Fight fire with fire, and data with data.

There's power in precise terms.

Correlation is not causation.

Example 1: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/22/trader-joes-peanut-butter-recall_n_1906645.html This is an article refering that there was an outbreak of 29 salmonella cases across 18 states, saying that the peanut butter valencia was "likely" to be the cause of the outbreak, but they did not prove it. It could have been anything. Example 2: http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/09/18/us-peru-meteorite-idUSN1843987520070918

This is an article about people getting sick after going next to where a meteor struck the ground, but they is no proof so it could have been in their head or something in the food or water.

More of something good isn't always better.

Example 1: So i understand chemotherapy is good for cancer patients but more chemo, is not always a good thing. I was looking up long term effects on chemo and one of the first things says can have effect on the heart and lungs, also it says it can cause problems with the brain so you can't concentrate as well or have as good of memory. http://lungcancer.about.com/od/chemotherap1/a/Long-Term-Side-Effects-Of-Chemotherapy.htm http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/chemotherapy/chemotherapyprinciplesanin-depthdiscussionofthetechniquesanditsroleintreatment/chemotherapy-principles-long-term-chemo-side-effects

Example 2: http://www.ehow.com/list_5928169_long_term-pain-medication-side-effects.html This article is about side effects and long term side effects of pain killers i looked it up because my mother has back pain and uses pain killers and it turned out she had only one liver and the doctor said she should stop taking pain killers as often or at all unless she really needed them because it can damage her only liver.

Beware the plausible, especially if it works.

Example 1: Laser hair removal, i decided to look it up and see long term effects, so i found out that for the time it works but the hair may grow back even though they advertise it won't. Some things are to good to be true.

http://www.healthcentre.org.uk/laser-hair-removal/lhr-long-term.html

Example 2: I was researching proactive to see whether or not it had side effects and apparently it is advertised as the best to use but it can actually cause more acne instead of cureing it. http://www.livestrong.com/article/234318-are-there-any-side-effects-to-proactive-solution/

Where there's smoke, there's smoke.

Example 1: http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-guilty-murder-caylees-death/story?id=13987918#.UMVwXIP7JyQ This article is about everyone thinking casey anthony killed her daughter caylee but it turned out she was innocent.

Lack of evidence doesn't mean it's false.

Example 1: http://www.thefloridastar.com/archives/1941

This is a new case so there isn't a lot of evidence so it is hard to tell what really happened here.

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