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Common Pseudoscience Arguments

The “Scientists Were Wrong” Gambit and the Science Denier’s Paradox

Introduction It’s no secret that humans are not always rational. Although innately possessing the capacity for complex and abstract reasoning, strongly-held beliefs and cognitive biases often lead people to use that ability selectively and/or to employ it in the defense Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 3 years ago
Biophysics

Decoherence in Photosynthetic Energy Transfer

This is a little something I wrote examining some of the relatively recent research on the role of quantum coherence in the energy transfer process in photosynthesis. My original target audience was the director of the Center for Quantum Information Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsJune 27, 2019 ago
Argumentation

Arguing passionately ≠ an Appeal to Emotion Fallacy

Introduction Whether one’s principle area of engagement happens to be science, politics, social issues, executive decisions in business, or some combination of those, one of the first things most people learn about the art of logical argumentation is the existence Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsJanuary 13, 2019 ago
Conspiracies

Families of Sandy Hook Shooting Victims Score Legal Victory Against Conspiracy Shock Jock, Alex Jones

Six families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting won a legal victory against internet and radio personality, Alex Jones, the conspiracy shock jock host of Infowars: the platform on which Jones alleged that the shooting at Sandy Hook Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsJanuary 12, 2019 ago
Intermolecular forces

Van der Waals (London Dispersion) Forces

Van der Waals forces Another set of intermolecular interactions is the Van der Waals forces, which are primarily associated with non-polar molecules. They arise because of short-lived induced dipole moments which occur even in non-polar molecules. These are also sometimes Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsDecember 30, 2018 ago
Biochemistry

Hydrogen Bonding

Hydrogen Bonding A particularly important type of dipole-dipole interaction is hydrogen bonding. It’s the main reason for the stability of the double-helix secondary structure of DNA, the unusual phase diagram of water, and the secondary structure of proteins in our Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsDecember 30, 2018 ago
Chemistry

Ion-Dipole Interactions and Hydrophilicity

Ion-Dipole Interactions and Hydrophilicity Ion-dipole forces are generally stronger than dipole-dipole interactions because at least one of their participants is an ion, which means it has a net electric charge, whereas dipole-dipole forces involve polar molecules with no net electric Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsDecember 29, 2018 ago
Chemistry

Dipole-Dipole Interactions

Dipole-dipole interactions Many covalently bonded molecules have a net neutral electric charge, but do not distribute their charge evenly. Some parts of their structure have greater electron density than others. This is again a result of differences in electronegativity. For Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsDecember 29, 2018 ago
Chemistry

Ion-Ion Interactions

Ion-ion interactions Recall that ions are atoms or molecules that have lost or gained one or more electrons with respect to their electrically neutral counter-parts, such that they have a net electric charge. As a result, two or more ions Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsDecember 29, 2018 ago
Chemistry

The Role of Electrostatics in Intermolecular Interactions

Electrostatics Recall that electrostatics is the study of stationary electric charges. Charged particles are characterized as either positive or negative. Like charges repel, whereas opposite charges attract. Symmetries in the laws of electromagnetism imply that these roles could be reversed Read more…

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By Credible Hulk, 4 yearsDecember 29, 2018 ago

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