Learn to recognize common reasoning traps such as confirmation bias, hasty generalization, straw man arguments, and faulty analogy when evaluating scientific claims.
Identify common cognitive biases/fallacies that can hinder sound scientific reasoning in physical sciences (Some examples include: the confirmation bias, hasty generalizations, post hoc ergo propter hoc, the straw man fallacy, redefinition, the appeal to tradition, false authority, failing Occam's Razor, argument from non-testable hypothesis, begging the question, fallacy of exclusion, faulty analogy).