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Every day we make decisions as individuals, as voters, and as members of our various communities. The problem is, we don't do it so well.

The focus in this course is on the errors humans tend to make, and the approaches science methodology has given us (and we are still developing) to prevent or at least minimize those errors.

Philosophical Underpinnings

Probabilistic Thinking

Science's "Can-do" Aspect

Human Cognition

Group Decision Making

When Science is Suspect

All Course Concepts

A complete list of all the topics in Sense Sensibility and Science.

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