Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of pseudoscience; falsely scientific; quackish; charlatanical.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or employing
pseudoscience ; notscientific , though perhaps made to seem partially scientific.
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- adjective based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
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Examples
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The story of Fermat's Last Theorem, the centuries spent trying to find a proof and Professor - now Sir - Andrew Wiles's final victory, is recounted in a book by Simon Singh , a physicist and author also famous for his battle to change the libel laws after he was sued for calling pseudoscientific medical treatments "bogus" .
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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I began that task open to forming opinions based on whatever information became available; by its end it had become abundantly clear that the group is best characterized as a pseudoscientific cult, and nothing since has altered that opinion.
Health Care Renewal 2010
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Of course the difference between Kant and Dembski is huge, most of all the fact that Kant was a scientist, and he would not tolerate the kind of pseudoscientific nonsense that Dembski puts out–not as science anyway he could have been more cautious in philosophy, for sure.
Eugenie Scott: The Big Tent and the Camel's Nose - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Calling it an X-Ray gave it a kind of pseudoscientific quality, while its format was designed to imbue it with an objective touch.
SI.com 2010
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In doing so, the article should not appear either to endorse or to rebutt the proposition that any given area is "pseudoscientific", as a key issue in dispute is whether the term has more than perjorative content.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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For many people, at least some 'pseudoscientific' beliefs, for example that the pyramids were built not by men but by prehistoric astronauts, are harmless nonsense.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Marxism, and Freudian psychoanalysis are all 'pseudoscientific' because they make no predictions by which their truth can be judged; accordingly they cannot be falsified by experimental tests, and have thus no connection with the real world.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Scholars that refuse to engage in a critical discussion of their doctrine exhibit a 'pseudoscientific' attitude.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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National Science Foundation stated that, in the USA, 'pseudoscientific' habits and beliefs are common in the USA
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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For many people, at least some 'pseudoscientific' beliefs, for example that the pyramids were built not by men but by prehistoric astronauts, are harmless nonsense.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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