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For example, [[Uri Geller]] claims to be able to bend spoons without applying pressure to them, but he can't do it in front of scientists or journalists.
 
For example, [[Uri Geller]] claims to be able to bend spoons without applying pressure to them, but he can't do it in front of scientists or journalists.
 
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'''Pseudoscience''' is theory or speculation having the trappings of science, and presented as science, but not generally accepted as valid by the mainstream scientific community. The stated reasons for rejection usually relate to failure to follow the scientific method, apparently lack of objectivity, or unwillingness to allow neutral outsiders to observe, test, or replicate findings.
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==Examples of fields often classified as pseudosciences==
 
==Examples of fields often classified as pseudosciences==

Revision as of 23:15, April 20, 2007

Pseudoscience is theory or speculation having the trappings of science, and presented as science, but not generally accepted as valid by the mainstream scientific community. The stated reasons for rejection usually relate to failure to follow the scientific method, be falsifiable, apparently lack of objectivity, or unwillingness to allow neutral outsiders to observe, test, or replicate findings.

For example, Uri Geller claims to be able to bend spoons without applying pressure to them, but he can't do it in front of scientists or journalists.


Examples of fields often classified as pseudosciences

Example of a field often classified as pseudoscience by conservatives

Theory of evolution[1][2][3] [4][5]

Examples of fields often classified as pseudosciences by liberals

References

  1. http://www.icr.org/home/resources/resources_tracts_scientificcaseagainstevolution/
  2. http://www.grisda.org/origins/04004.htm
  3. http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwinism/there-is-no-theory-of-evolution/
  4. http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/PoE/pe05scnc.html
  5. http://www.parentcompany.com/science_kit/sk3b.htm