pseudoscience

Unscientific claims wrongly presented as scientific

EntityQ483677

Also known as pseudo-science · fake science

Subclass of: non-science
, social issue
, misinformation
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Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be scientific but are inherently incompatible with the scientific method. Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or unfalsifiable claims; reliance on confirmation bias rather than rigorous attempts at refutation; lack of openness to evaluation by other experts; absence of systematic practices when developing hypotheses; and continued adherence long after the pseudoscientific hypotheses have been experimentally discredited. It is not the same as junk science, which is spurious or fraudulent scientific work.

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84 statements · 11% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

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48 identifiers linking pseudoscience across the web's reference databases

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