| rdfs:comment | - Pseudoscience is defined as "a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method". This can be better summarized in lamen's terms as "bullshit people try to pass of as scientific"
- Pseudoscience is anything pretends to be science, uses terms that look scientific or medical but doesn’t follow the Scientific method. One example is Intelligent Design. For some reason, many members of the public can be convinced that something is scientific simply if they use big words or words that look scientific. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a very long word but Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious means very little and we shouldn't be impressed with words like that.
- Pseudoscience is distinguised from normal everyday science by a special comittee known as the National Science Board, which includes such luminaries as Richard Dawkins, James Randi, the zombified remains of Isaac Asimov and one of those Mythbusters guys; the slightly less funny-looking one. The NSB sits annually, which comes as a relief to their tired, tired legs and determines which scientific theories and breakthroughs are so incredibly, astonishingly, oscarwildingly awesome that they get put in the prestige category of Pseudoscience.
- Pseudoscience is a discipline or approach that pretends to be scientific but fails to adhere to the basics of the scientific method. Believers typically present symptoms of wishful thinking.
- A pseudoscience is any body of alleged knowledge, methodology, belief , or practice that claims to be scientific but does not follow the scientific method.
- Pseudosciences are belief systems which, although they claim to be scientific, do not in fact, follow the scientific method and are not falsifiable. They are designed to have the appearance of being scientific, but lack the substance of science. Frequent signs of pseudoscience include:
- Pseudosciences are belief systems which, although they claim to be scientific, do not in fact, follow the scientific method and are not falsifiable. They are designed to have the appearance of being scientific, but lack the substance of science. Frequent signs of pseudoscience include: Pseudoscience criteria goes into more detail about the numerous criteria that various authors have proposed.
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| abstract | - Pseudoscience is defined as "a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method". This can be better summarized in lamen's terms as "bullshit people try to pass of as scientific"
- Pseudoscience is anything pretends to be science, uses terms that look scientific or medical but doesn’t follow the Scientific method. One example is Intelligent Design. For some reason, many members of the public can be convinced that something is scientific simply if they use big words or words that look scientific. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a very long word but Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious means very little and we shouldn't be impressed with words like that.
- Pseudoscience is distinguised from normal everyday science by a special comittee known as the National Science Board, which includes such luminaries as Richard Dawkins, James Randi, the zombified remains of Isaac Asimov and one of those Mythbusters guys; the slightly less funny-looking one. The NSB sits annually, which comes as a relief to their tired, tired legs and determines which scientific theories and breakthroughs are so incredibly, astonishingly, oscarwildingly awesome that they get put in the prestige category of Pseudoscience.
- Pseudosciences are belief systems which, although they claim to be scientific, do not in fact, follow the scientific method and are not falsifiable. They are designed to have the appearance of being scientific, but lack the substance of science. Frequent signs of pseudoscience include:
* Vague and/or exaggerated claims and ambiguous language.
* Lack of interest in having these claims tested, or reproduced by third parties.
* Claims that, for various reasons the scientific method cannot be used.
* There is no real research into, or progression of, the idea. Resistance or hostility to change. The idea may "progress" or change in unscientific ways.
* Misuse of scientific terms - equivocation and technobabble.
* Proponents of the idea are unable or unwilling to identify what would falsify the idea.
* Associated with the above, proponents are only concerned with data which confirms their hypothesis and ignore data which could disprove it.
* Reversing the burden of proof by claiming their idea has never been (totally) disproved.
* Claiming that a conspiracy of scientists, government officials or other evil forces exists which is hiding the truth about the believer's discoveries. There can be other invented complaints about scientific objectivity.
* Inability to obtain publication in recognized peer-reviewed publication. Peer reviewed publications may be accused of conspiracy.
* Science based on a political or religious doctrine and has a religious or political goal instead of the advancement of knowledge.
* Invocation of authority rather than evidence.
* Failure to be able to make verifiable predictions. Pseudoscience criteria goes into more detail about the numerous criteria that various authors have proposed.
- Pseudoscience is a discipline or approach that pretends to be scientific but fails to adhere to the basics of the scientific method. Believers typically present symptoms of wishful thinking.
- Pseudosciences are belief systems which, although they claim to be scientific, do not in fact, follow the scientific method and are not falsifiable. They are designed to have the appearance of being scientific, but lack the substance of science. Frequent signs of pseudoscience include:
* Vague and/or exaggerated claims and ambiguous language.
* Lack of interest in having these claims tested, or reproduced by third parties.
* Claims that, for various reasons the scientific method cannot be used.
* There is no real research into, or progression of, the idea. Resistance or hostility to change. The idea may "progress" or change in unscientific ways.
* Misuse of scientific terms - equivocation and technobabble.
* Proponents of the idea are unable or unwilling to identify what would falsify the idea.
* Associated with the above, proponents are only concerned with data which confirms their hypothesis and ignore data which could disprove it.
* Reversing the burden of proof by claiming their idea has never been (totally) disproved.
* Claiming that a conspiracy of scientists, government officials or other evil forces exists which is hiding the truth about the believer's discoveries. There can be other invented complaints about scientific objectivity.
* Inability to obtain publication in recognized peer-reviewed publication. Peer reviewed publications may be accused of conspiracy.
* Science based on a political or religious doctrine and has a religious or political goal instead of the advancement of knowledge.
* Invocation of authority rather than evidence.
* Failure to be able to make verifiable predictions.
- A pseudoscience is any body of alleged knowledge, methodology, belief , or practice that claims to be scientific but does not follow the scientific method.
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