Difference between revisions of "Pseudoscience"

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

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.