Blogs Posts in Pseudo Science category; 26 blog posts

Sick Science

Sick Science: Science is having an interesting idea about somet [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Distinguishing Science From Pseudo Science

Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience: The prestige and influence of science in this century is so great that very few fields outside of religion or the arts wish to be seen as overtly unscientific while these pseudo sciences are of pa [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2007 | Comments : 0

The Empirical Method

The Empirical Method: Is generally taken to mean the collection of data on which to base a theory or derive a conclusion in science. It is part of the scientific method but is often mistakenly assumed to be synonymous with the experimental [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Anti-Science

Anti-Science: Pseudoscience signifies false based on it many deceitful beliefs the scientists of this group of science suppose that the reality reli [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Personalization of issues In Pseudoscience

Failure to progress towards additional evidence of its claims is an issue in pseudoscience. Terrence Hines has identified astrology as a subject that has changed very little in the past two millennia. Lack of self correction is a problem [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Demographics of pseudoscience

The National Science Foundation stated that, in the USA, pseudoscientific beliefs became more widespread during the 1990s, peaked near 2001 and mildly declined since nevertheless, pseudoscientific beliefs remain common in the USA. As a resu [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Is Pseudoscience Harmful

Both the skeptics and the brights movement, most prominently represented by Richard Dawkins, Mario Bunge, Carl Sagan and James Randi, consider all forms of pseudoscience to be harmful, whether or not they result in immediate harm to their a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2007 | Comments : 0

The Genious Science

Paul Thagard proposed that pseudoscience is primarily distinguishable from science when it is less progressive than alternative theories over a long period of time, and the selective and or lack of attempts by proponents to solve problems w [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Karl Popper and Pseudoscience

In the mid-20th Century Karl Popper suggested the criterion of falsifiability to distinguish science from non-science. Statements such as God created the universe may be true or false, but they are not falsifiable, so they are not scientifi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

Basis Of Pseudoscience

It is expected that the scientific method will be applied throughout, and that bias will be controlled or eliminated, by double-blind studies, or statistically through fair sampling procedures. All gathered data, including experimental and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

Is Pseudoscience A Real One?

Beyond the initial introductory analyses offered in science classes, there is some epistemological disagreement about whether it is possible to distinguish science from pseudoscience in a reliable and objective way. Pseudosciences may be c [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2007 | Comments : 0

Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience is any body of knowledge, methodology, belief, or practice that claims to be scientific but does not follow the scientific method. Pseudosciences may appear scientific, but they do not adhere to the testability requirement of [...]