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Pathological Science, Part 1

In this three-part series, Gary Taubes investigates what Irving Langmuir terms “pathological science,” or the “science of things that aren’t so.” Taubes distinguishes pathological science from fraud, which is characterized by a person’s attempt to deceive others, arguing rather that participants in pathological science delude themselves. He compares this self-deceit to what Richard Feynman famously called "Cargo Cult Science." And while researchers and philosophers of science have long expressed concern over the possibility of self-deceit distorting scientific truth, Taubes questions whether the problem has grown rampant today. “The possibility exists that entire disciplines may be essentially pathological,” he writes.

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Katina Thornton
November 18th, 2019 at 8:05 pm
Commented on: Richard Feynman: Cargo Cult Science

I, too, always wondered about Uri Geller. But now, at least know I about the rats.

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Robin Swinkels
November 12th, 2019 at 7:46 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Thanks Pablo, Nat, Carlos and Simone for an awesome course in Barcelona. I learned so much this weekend, even some Spanish :) You guys explained it al very well and made it fun. You are an inspiration and I hope to pass some of that on to helping others. Much love!

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Lindsay Zenk
November 11th, 2019 at 7:17 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

I went to my CF-L1 in Hamilton, NY at CrossFit Hamilton and it was a great experience. The gym was so clean and well organized and my instructors Pablo, Sarah, Jenn and Jon were just awesome. They were all so engaging during their lectures and in the break outs they were personable and gave the best advice that my coaches haven't pointed out. We also hung out after the first day and drank a beer and got to know them personally. I feel like I will not only be a better coach but a better athlete. Thank you!!!

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JoElla Fitzpatrick
November 8th, 2019 at 4:36 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

I'm a little late to comment, but I just wanted to say that I had a life changing experience at the Level 1 Seminar last weekend at 810 CrossFit in Grand Blanc, MI. Joe, Andrew, Jen, and Nick were spectacular, and I learned so much from each of them! Just wanted to give them a shout out and show some gratitude, because they're truly making a difference in people's lives :-)

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Joe DeGain
November 9th, 2019 at 11:53 am

Hi JoElla-

Thank you for the kind words. Your comment on this course being "life changing" hits home for me, it is how I felt after my L1 experience also! Coach Glassman has a great quote: "The L1 kernel is the single most important thing an individual can do to learn about salient lifestyle choices that optimize quality of life." Congrats on experiencing the L1 kernel!

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Sheila Volker
November 7th, 2019 at 2:37 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Great workshop in Grand Blanc Mi!! Very welcoming to everyone, For A new person to Cross-Fit Ideas I never felt left out until they started abbreviated the language! LOL Andrew. Jen Nick, and Joe Degain Did a great job at coaching all of us and made it near impossible to not want to learn more about Cross Fit and its methodology! Every time they asked if we had questions I never did, but now i have lots of questions!! So a webinar/Zoom call a week after would be a cool thing to do for the coaches to see if they have any new questions after taking the test!

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Joe DeGain
November 7th, 2019 at 3:21 pm

Sheila!

This is great that you have questions after the material has settled in! Use my email address I gave you at the seminar to shoot them off to me...

Thank you for the kind words, we are glad you enjoyed it!

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Raphael Laukau
November 5th, 2019 at 4:25 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Merci pour l'accueil StMedard! A très bientôt

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Marc Verlinden
November 5th, 2019 at 9:34 am
Commented on: Richard Feynman: Cargo Cult Science

The man was very right then AND would be today.

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Chris Meldrum
November 4th, 2019 at 8:20 pm
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Joplin is great. My first love as a kid learning to play piano. "Easy Winners" is a good one, but he had a dozen or so just as good or better. Look up "Maple Leaf Rag" or the lesser-known collaboration with Scott Hayden, "Sunflower Slow Drag".

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Ernesto Rojas
November 4th, 2019 at 7:39 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Big shout out to the cf seminar staff this past weekend in 506crossfit in Costa Rica, thanks for all the knowledge, energy and positive vibes you guys shared with us. You guys are Pura vida!!!

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Carlos Andrade
November 5th, 2019 at 3:48 pm

Gracias Neto, tremendo fin de semana!

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Sebastian Macias
November 4th, 2019 at 6:24 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Curso CF-L1 Barcelona, una tremenda experiencia, mejor de lo que esperaba, el lugar increible, las personas todas en una misma sintonia queriendo aprender de sus coaches. Por cierto los coaches fueron un regalo para el curso, totalmente profesionales, experimentados, claros y con una disposicion de oro. La oto del curso muy buena lo unico malo es que falto el head coach Pablo Cervigni quien nos transmitio una pasion inigualable por el crossfit, por las ganas de enseñar y por toda la filosofia de este hermoso deporte, estilo y terapia de vida.

Muchas gracias!

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pablo cervigni
November 7th, 2019 at 5:18 pm

Sebastian, un honor haberte conocido y gracias por tus palabras!!

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Michael Bishop
November 4th, 2019 at 6:20 pm
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Thanks HQ - you are really appreciated!

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Adriano Rojas
November 4th, 2019 at 4:01 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Amazing weekend in the L2 in San Jose, Costa Rica! So much learned and still so much to learn. Excellent staff members need to be recognized: Carlos, Tefy, Ver, you rock! You made learning fun while passing on as much as you could from the depth of your knowledge and all the years of experience.

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Carlos Andrade
November 5th, 2019 at 3:48 pm

Gracias a ti Adriano, un abrazo!

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Morten Kirkebø
November 4th, 2019 at 1:40 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Takk for en flott helg sammen med Rob, Oskar & Dora og alle andre kursdeltakere på Level 1 på Monolitten Crossfit!! Mye å lære og mye god inspirasjon!

Beste hilsen

Morten Kirkebø

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Oskar Johed
November 5th, 2019 at 4:31 am

Tack själv! Det var en sann glädje att få hjälpa dig till en bättre atlet och bättre coach!

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Rob Lawson
November 19th, 2019 at 11:45 am

Morton, det var en flott helg, takk for at du fikk være med og være en del av det!

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Cesar Ortega
November 4th, 2019 at 12:33 pm
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never rest on mandays

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Jonny Davies
November 4th, 2019 at 12:16 pm
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Thank you to all the participants at the L1 in CrossFit Central Manchester this weekend, Loved it.


Extra thank you to Matt, James, Emily and Suzy who stayed after day 1 to cheer us through “Chad” you didn’t have to do that, and it was very appreciated, so thank you.


Jonny

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Weon-Woo Lee
November 4th, 2019 at 11:19 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

지난주 레벨2 에 참가하신 모든 분들 정말 수고 하셨습니다!!

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Andrea Bjørk
November 4th, 2019 at 10:17 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Fantastisk bra helg på Monolitten Crossfit med Rob,Oscar og Dora! Kurset var over all forventning,lærte så utrolig masse bra og syns det var så gøy:) For noen fantastiske flinke instruktører! Tusen takk for masse motivasjon og kunnskap!

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Oskar Johed
November 4th, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Tack själv Andrea! Den glädje som du spred hjälpte till att göra kursen så framgångsrik!

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Rob Lawson
November 19th, 2019 at 11:44 am

Det var en fantastisk helg, takk for deltakelsen! Jeg er super glad du likte!

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Øyvind Schanche Frantzen
November 4th, 2019 at 10:07 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Takk til Dora, Oscar og Rob for et fantastisk bra L1-kurs på Monolitten Crossfit i Oslo. Det var skikkelig god stemning og jeg lært veldig mye. Dere er utrolig dyktige intruktører.

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Oskar Johed
November 4th, 2019 at 11:59 am

Vad glad jag blir Öyvind! Det är väldigt kul att du gjorde L1 för andra gången!

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Rob Lawson
November 19th, 2019 at 11:42 am

Takk for at du tok deg tid til å skrive videre her! Det var flott helg, og vi likte også!

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Jessica Mendez Carbonell
November 4th, 2019 at 10:00 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Agradecer a CrossFit y a la gente que trabaja para este gran deporte!!! Agradecer a los grandes coach que este fin de semana han estado en Reebok CrossFit BSN, Barcelona. Agradecerles por todos los conocimientos y sabiduria que nos han transmitido, me han echo disfrutar de mi pasión, que es el CrossFit!!! Grandes personas y grandes Entrenadores ( gracias a Pablo, Nat, Carlos, Emily y Simone por todo lo que nos habéis echo sudar y disfrutar de este gran deporte). Muy grande y maravillosa experiencia!! Un fuerte abrazo y espero volver a veros!!💪💪

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pablo cervigni
November 7th, 2019 at 5:19 pm

Jessica, Mil gracias por tus palabras, un honor haberte conocido!!

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Elie Margerin
November 4th, 2019 at 8:55 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Merci pour ces deux jours de Level 2, un grand plaisir de retrouver autant de visages connus et d'en découvrir d'autres !

A très vite !

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marcus mcclain
November 4th, 2019 at 7:17 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Mega Leistung und Stimmung beim CrossFit Bulls and Bears! Ich wünsche allen Teilnehmern viel Erfolg. Bin besonderes stolz auf Mia Raebiger, ersten Seminar als "translator" und hat es so gut gemacht! Ich bin stolz auf dich!

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Trevor Svendsen
November 4th, 2019 at 2:49 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Level 1 @ Easy Is Evil CrossFit, Austin, Tx


Thanks so much to Matt, Nicole, Rick, and Nicole! Just did my best to soak in all the experience and knowledge these awesome individuals had to offer. Great experience!

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Nicole Haas
November 4th, 2019 at 1:55 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Had an epic experience this weekend at my home box of Alamo City Crossfit participating in my level 2. Thank you Abi (Momma) and Zach, ya'll gave some concrete teaching tricks and peanut butter sandwich making tips I'll put in to use soon. I hope to see you both soon you are always welcome in San Antonio.

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Abigail Grove
November 7th, 2019 at 10:09 pm

Coley, thank you or playing host! You were an absolute gem my dear. Thank you for your sincere questions and willingness to put yourself out there to learn. I can't wait to come back and see you! Hugs, Abs

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Nicholas Pettas
November 4th, 2019 at 1:23 am
Commented on: Course Photos | Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2019

Just wanted to thank all the HQ Seminar staff for an amazing run Level 2 Seminar this weekend in Chikara CrossFit in Tokyo. It was my second time to do the seminar and I honestly felt very welcome and learned a lot about coaching, and programming and other great things. I feel that the material was easier to understand and that the lectures all engaging and easy to follow along. I was a bit intimidated at first but soon found my place amongst the others and just started to learn again. the work out lessons were great, both days demonstrated great ways of running completely different classes. Thank you once again.

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Michael Schaal
November 7th, 2019 at 5:16 am

It was awesome having you in the seminar Nic! Amazing to see how far CrossFit and the quality of coaching has come in Japan.

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Steven Thunander
November 4th, 2019 at 1:19 am
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Food for thought (and a possible regulatory/legal risk for CrossFit trainers, read the bottom half) http://www.ncaa.org/static/champion/the-breaking-point/ (wfs)

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