The video clip, “The Baloney Detection Kit,” in the webtext this week discusses the ways an effective critical thinker assesses claims made by others. Please respond to the following:

• Examine some key reasons why people might seem attracted to pseudoscientific claims.
• Describe at least two such claims that you have heard people make and analyze the main reasons why such claims do or do not meet rigorous scientific methodology standards.
• Determine at least two ways in which the material discussed this week has changed your own thinking.
• Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.