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Stay cool. TOK teachers can handle this. 

August 13, 2018October 8, 2018Eileen Dombrowski
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Are we on “the path back into darkness, tribalism, feudalism, superstition, and belief in magic”?  The apparent upsurge of belief in astrology has sent one of my favourite bloggers and podcasters, neurologist and skeptic Steven Novella, into a paroxysm of sheer frustration . How can anything so thoroughly debunked as astrology make inroads back into public belief?  But – stay […]

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Guessing, Probability and Prediction: a TOK lesson on election polls

November 3, 2015November 18, 2015Eileen Dombrowski
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(guest post by TOK Course Book co-author, Mimi Bick) Do you live in a democratic country? If you do you’ll have noticed that leading up to major elections, the media is filled with what experts think will happen when the real day arrives. Sometimes they hit the nail on the head. Sometimes they don’t. Is […]

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