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• n  an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions

• Not one to suffer fools gladly, Park takes aim at what he calls "pathological science, junk science, pseudoscience and fraudulent science.
• All these deductions are based on the theory of biorhythm, the fast-growing pseudoscience that is more fun than astrology and not as messy as reading chicken entrails.
• The science essay is a strange, error-filled melange of pseudoscience, the Egyptian religion Ma'at and other fanciful ideas, written by Hunter Adams, a former environmental .

News & Articles

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• Hypnosis: More than a sideshow act
  Ever since Scottish surgeon James Braid coined the term in the 1840s, hypnotism has both fascinated and frustrated Western society. For most of the last century, mainstream scientists considered it something of a pseudoscience, but acceptance of the
  July 22, 2013 - Eureka Times-Standard

Quotes

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• Douglas Hofstadter in Los Angeles Times
  Those included "the propagation of truly deep and beautiful mathematical ideas (not just 'mathematical games,' far from it!); the intense battling of pseudoscience and related ideas; the invention of superb magic tricks; the love for beautiful...
• Rick Renzi in Eastern Arizona Courier
  Renzi said the problem with the act as it is written is, "It doesn't necessitate peer-science review as a counterbalance to any kind of claim by a plaintiff. You get this pseudoscience used to obstruct and to cease and desist any kind of...