The Lost Art of Crainiology: Flawed Research and Biased Science (Dratf2)

This topic submitted by Michael Gregory Ernst and Adam Graham Naylor (ernstmg@muohio.edu) at 8:21 pm on 2/20/01. Additions were last made on Wednesday, February 21, 2001. Section: Myers.

Ok, sorry that first post didn't work. Anyway....

We propose to research modern day examples of the lost science of Crainiology. We want to show the potential for bias exists in scientific research today, through perhaps in more subtle ways. We will give an in-depth history of Crainiology, Phrenology, and other pseudo-sciences now debunked. We will then explore their legacy. How is modern research biased? Issues we could explore include the funding of research, what fields are researched (specifically in medicine), and the universal existence of personal bias in research.

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