Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience is any body of knowledge, methodology, or practice that is erroneously regarded as scientific {{mn|dicdef|1}}.

External links

• Bad Astronomy - discussion of cases in which incorrect astronomy and physics have been promoted by the media, such as the Apollo moon landing hoax accusations.
• Crank.net: Science
• The Demarcation Problem: What theories should be ranked as 'scientific'?
• James Randi Educational Foundation - organization that investigates and attempts to verify claims that seem to contradict established science. Using controlled experimental conditions, the JREF has yet to find evidence of anything not explainable by established science.
• The Skeptic's Dictionary - collection of essays critical of claims that are considered pseudoscientific. See also Skeptic's Dictionary.
• Science, PseudoScience and Society Softpanorama anti-pseudoscience page
• Umbrellaology - this article amusingly illustrates some of the difficulties of deciding whether a subject is scientific or pseudoscientific.
• http://www.thislife.org/ra/265.ram - "Fake Science," from episode 265 of This American Life (5/21)
• Guardian (UK) newspaper's Bad Science column
• Quackwatch - A guide to pseudoscience of a medical nature
• Skeptic.com - The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine
• Ancop.com.br - Associação Nacional de Combate às Pseudociências
• Parapsychology: Science or Pseudo-Science?
• "From Science-fiction to Fiction-science" S. I. Hayakawa's famous critique of science fiction. (PDF)
• "The 10 Commandments of Helping Students Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience in Psychology" American Psychological Society

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