Pseudoscience

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Pseudoscience is anything that pretends to be science but fails in the attempt.

[edit] Common signs of pseudoscience

  • Claims with no supporting experimental evidence.
  • Claims which contradicts experimental evidence.
  • Claims that can't be proved false.
  • Failing to consider all the facts.
  • Failing to provide an experimental possibility of reproducible results.
  • Violating the principle of choosing the simplest explanation when multiple viable explanations *are possible.


Some of these may be part of the scientific method at one stage but should be eliminated through iteration of the process.

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