Pseudoscience: Pseudoscience is theory or speculation which has the trappings and rhetoric of science, and is presented as science, but does not follow the scientific method. Pseudoscientific theories are typically not falsifiable, and their purveyors show unwillingness to allow outsiders to ... [100%] 2023-02-19 [Pseudoscience]
Pseudoscience: Pseudoscience describes any belief system or methodology which tries to gain legitimacy by wearing the trappings of science but fails to abide by the rigorous methodology and standards of evidence that are the marks of true science. Promoters of pseudoscience ... [100%] 2024-01-14 [Pseudoscience]
Pseudoscience: A pseudoscience is any theory, or system of theories, that is claimed to be scientific by its proponents but that the scientific community deems flawed, usually because independent attempts at reproducing evidence for specific claims made on the basis of ... [100%] 2023-08-15
Pseudoscience: Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method. Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or unfalsifiable claims; reliance on confirmation bias rather than rigorous attempts ... (Unscientific claims wrongly presented as scientific) [100%] 2024-01-14 [Pseudoscience] [18th-century neologisms]...
Pseudoscience: Pseudophysics is a pseudoscientific practice using the language of physics or discussing issues related to or pertinent to physics to promote ideas which are either incoherent or contradictory to known physics (experimental phenomenology). According to physicists, skeptics, and science writers ... (Pseudoscientific practices related to physics) [100%] 2023-08-31 [Pseudophysics] [Pseudoscience]...
Pseudoscience in advertising: Pseudoscience in advertising provides a specialized outlet for exploiting "woo" and people's gullibility in order to make money via advertising. One way or another, these all (try to) play off people's scientific illiteracy — or, worse yet, people's ... [57%] 2024-01-13 [Media] [Advertising]...
Commission on Pseudoscience: The Commission on Pseudoscience (Russian: Комиссия по борьбе с лженаукой) is a Russian scientific organisation under the Template:Not translated, created on the initiative of Vitaly Ginzburg in 1998. Until 2018, the organisation was a member of the Commission on Pseudoscience and Falsification of Scientific ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-12-12 [Scientific skepticism]
Commission on Pseudoscience: The Commission on Pseudoscience (Russian: Комиссия по борьбе с лженаукой) is a Russian scientific organization under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences , created on the initiative of Vitaly Ginzburg in 1998. Until 2018, the organization was a member of the Commission on Pseudoscience ... (Russian scientific organisation) [57%] 2024-08-31 [Organizations established in 1998] [Scientific organizations based in Russia]...
Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: Энциклопе́дия лженау́ки: от похище́ний инопланетя́нами до рефлексоло́гии (англ. Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy) — энциклопедия, вышедшая в 2000 году под редакцией Уильяма Ф. [57%] 2024-09-03
The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: Энциклопе́дия лженау́ки «Ске́птика» (англ. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience) — двухтомный сборник статей Общества скептиков, посвящённых рассмотрению популярных в обществе лженаучных и сверхъестественных тем, вышедший в 2002 году в издательстве ABC-CLIO. [44%] 2024-01-19
The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience is a two-volume collection of articles that discuss the Skeptics Society's scientific findings of investigations into pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The editor, Michael Shermer, director of the Skeptics Society, has compiled articles originally ... (2002 book by Michael Shermer) [44%] 2023-11-22 [Encyclopedias of science]
The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience is a two-volume collection of articles that discuss the Skeptics Society's scientific findings of investigations into pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The editor, Michael Shermer, director of the Skeptics Society, has compiled articles originally ... (2002 book by Michael Shermer) [44%] 2024-08-31 [2002 non-fiction books] [21st-century encyclopedias]...
Geobiology (pseudoscience): Geobiology is a field which studies the effects of the Earth's radiation, such as telluric currents and other electromagnetic fields, on biological life. The term is derived from Ancient Greek gē (ge) meaning ‘earth’ and βίος; (bios) meaning ‘life’. (Pseudoscience) [70%] 2023-11-29 [Pseudoscience]
Bourgeois pseudoscience: Bourgeois pseudoscience was an epithet used by the Soviets, especially the Stalinists, to dismiss any science that was inconvenient to their ideology. Whereas bourgeois pseudoscience in the Soviet Union began with Darwinism, Soviet ideology was not inherently opposed to Darwinism ... [70%] 2023-12-04 [Communism] [Denialism]...
Biorhythm (pseudoscience): The biorhythm theory is the pseudoscientific idea that peoples' daily lives are significantly affected by rhythmic cycles with periods of exactly 23, 28 and 33 days, typically a 23-day physical cycle, a 28-day emotional cycle, and a 33 ... (none) [70%] 2024-04-08 [Sleep] [Pseudoscience]...
Bourgeois pseudoscience: Bourgeois pseudoscience (Russian: Буржуазная лженаука) was a term of condemnation in the Soviet Union for certain scientific disciplines that were deemed unacceptable from an ideological point of view due to their incompatibility with Marxism–Leninism. For example, genetics was not acceptable due ... (Term) [70%] 2024-08-31 [Politics of science]
Pseudoscience#Timelines: While skeptical criticism of superstition dates back to ancient times (e.g., the writings of Lucian), the term "pseudoscience" appears to have been used first in 1843 by Magendie, who referred to phrenology as "a pseudo-science of the present ... [70%] 2024-08-31
Geobiology (pseudoscience): Geobiology is a field which studies the effects of the Earth's radiation, such as telluric currents and other electromagnetic fields, on biological life. The term is derived from Ancient Greek gē (ge) meaning ‘earth’ and βίος; (bios) meaning ‘life’. (Pseudoscience) [70%] 2024-08-31 [Pseudoscience]
Pseudoscience#Bibliography: A list of key readings about Pseudoscience. Please sort and annotate in a user-friendly manner. For formatting, consider using automated reference wikification. [70%] 2024-09-04
Bourgeois pseudoscience: Bourgeois pseudoscience (Russian: буржуазная лженаука) was a term of condemnation in the Soviet Union for certain scientific disciplines that were deemed unacceptable from an ideological point of view due to their incompatibility with Marxism–Leninism. At various times pronounced "bourgeois pseudosciences" were. (Soviet Communist concept) [70%] 2024-11-19 [Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union] [Political repression in the Soviet Union]...
History of pseudoscience: The history of pseudoscience is the study of pseudoscientific theories over time. A pseudoscience is a set of ideas that presents itself as science, while it does not meet the criteria to properly be called such. [57%] 2023-11-27 [Pseudoscience]
Torsion field (pseudoscience): A torsion field (also called axion field, spin field, spinor field, and microlepton field) is a feature of pseudoscientific proposals that the quantum spin of particles can be used to cause emanations to carry information through vacuum orders of magnitude ... (Pseudoscience) [57%] 2023-12-12 [Pseudoscience]
Free energy (pseudoscience): Free energy is the idea that a low-cost power source can be found that requires little to no input to generate a significant amount of electricity. Such devices can be divided into two basic categories: "over-unity" devices that ... (Pseudoscience) [57%] 2023-12-12 [Free energy]
Psychology and pseudoscience: Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior and the practical application of psychological therapy. Unfortunately, the field of psychology is riddled with sloppy work, pseudoscience and scientific fraud. [57%] 2023-02-27 [Psychology] [Mental Health]...
History of pseudoscience: The history of pseudoscience is the study of pseudoscientific theories over time. A pseudoscience is a set of ideas that presents itself as science, while it does not meet the criteria to properly be called such. (none) [57%] 2024-08-31 [Pseudoscience] [History of science]...
Pseudoscience#Related Articles: A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Pseudoscience. See also changes related to Pseudoscience, or pages that link to Pseudoscience or to this page or whose text contains "Pseudoscience". Parent topics[edit] * Philosophy of science [r]: Philosophical study ... [57%] 2024-08-31
Pseudoscience#External Links: There are many websites set up to air skeptical opinions particularly concerning claims for the effectiveness of remedies or treatments for a wide range of medical conditions which are not endorsed by conventional medicine, and to criticise unconventional "fringe" theories ... [57%] 2024-08-31
Torsion field (pseudoscience): A torsion field (also called axion field, spin field, spinor field, and microlepton field) is a feature of pseudoscientific proposals that the quantum spin of particles can be used to cause emanations to carry information through vacuum orders of magnitude ... (Pseudoscience) [57%] 2024-09-01 [Pseudoscience] [Science and technology in Russia]...
Richard Dawkins and pseudoscience: Within the evolutionary science community and the creation science community, the evolutionist and agnostic Richard Dawkins has faced charges of engaging in pseudoscience and has also faced charges of committing elementary errors. The website True Free Thinker notes: In the ... [50%] 2023-02-19 [Richard Dawkins] [Pseudoscience]...