Abigail is watching a late night infomercial on television that advertises a new program called "Live Linguistically" that claims to help you learn a new language in a day.The ad says that "Live Linguistically has been scientifically proven by hundreds of studies to enable fast language learning through stimulation of the language pathways in your cerebral cortex and generate new language neurons.Not only will you be able to learn a new language in a day,but you will be able to speak it with perfect grammatical structure and accent for the rest of your life." This example reflects which of the following warning signs of pseudoscience?
A) Ad hoc immunizing
B) Psychobabble
C) Absence of connectivity
D) Overreliance on anecdotes
Correct Answer:
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