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To help students tell the difference between fact and fiction, a course titled w 1. a Chinese phrase(短语) meaning “obviously right, but actually wrong” has launched in Fudan University in Shanghai this school year.
The course brings disciplines(训练) together, and has a t2.of 17 subjects to be discussed. These topics are centered on m3. of differentiating(区分) science from pseudoscientific(伪科学) beliefs, such as how strong the risk of vaccination(接种疫苗) is and how genes define(定义,影响) destiny.
It has attracted much attention, and been welcomed by students there and across China. Over 1,000 students have c4.the course, and the topic on Weibo has won tens of thousands of thumbs-up among users in a gesture(手势) of s5..
For instance, it’s said that the death toll in famous hospitals is larger than that in a community hospital. Does it necessarily mean we o6. to see a doctor in a community hospital?
Lou Hongwei, the professor of the course, said the data(数据) people collected was just partial(部分的), and doesn’t show the w7. picture----famous hospitals deal with more fatal(致命的) conditions, so more deaths can be expected there. Such fallacies(谬误) in logic s8.widely among people, which are untenable(站不住脚的) but hard to resist.
Last July, the University of Washington debuted a similar course to help its students draw the line between science and pseudoscience via big data.
Lou believes it is necessary to teach such courses, a9.there are many highly-educated people, including experts and scholars, who harbor(为提供庇护) misconceptions(错误想法) and lack necessary judgment. This, he said, will have a negative(消极的) i10.on the next generation.