The Perspective Of The Flies Critical Analysis

I’m sure everyone has been asked the question regarding if they had an option of one superpower, what would it be? Regardless of what your answer might be, whether it be telepathy, teleportation, or the ability to read the minds of others, anyone claiming they have such abilities, many would simply jump to the conclusion that they are a liar. But what if their claim were true? In truth, we cannot prove that they are lying, but we are unable to prove they are telling the truth either so when it comes to the world of science, there are an array of problems surrounding the question of how to distinguish science from the likes of pseudoscience and other things that does not have any scientific ties at all. However, this does not stop the countless

In “The Perspectives of Anomalies,” Marcello Truzzi claims that the study of anomalies can be perceived “as an opportunity for progressive change in science” as it “deals only with empirical claims of the extraordinary.” In addition, he also argues the studying of anomalies can bring upon new discoveries that can eventually expand our understanding of science and the knowledge of the scientific community (Truzzi). On the other hand, pseudoscience deals with the beliefs, such as astrology, that do not have supporting evidence and is commonly mistaken as a real science. I do not, and cannot deny that the expansion of new knowledge is crucial to the scientific and the non-scientific community, because it encompasses urgent matters such as global warming and environmental problems that affect our planet and everyday life. However, I question the replicability of claimed evidences and the usefulness of such knowledge. Yes, it may be true that researching unexplainable events are a point of entry to the discovery of new knowledge in the field of science and the idea of discovering new knowledge through the studying of anomalies is intriguing, but of what worth? Consider the man who “foresaw” and drew the destruction of the Twin Towers exactly five years before the incident. Even if we found empirical evidence that this man indeed had such psychic abilities, how would it be beneficial to society and what are the chances of finding another individual with such capabilities? Scientific theories are typically a result of a consensus of the scientific community, and before that, numerous experiments yielding the similar results with a low degree of variance are performed. If we are unable to replicate the experiments with