Pseudoscience

Question 1

Pseudoscience is comprised of

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explanations that are presented as scientific, but have not been evaluated using the scientific method, are not consistent with the observed data, or cannot be tested.

Question 2

2. Practitioners of pseudoscience are often focused on

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proving that their preferred explanation is true. They search for facts that support their explanation and ignore data that contradicts their explanation.

Question 3

4. Pseudoscience is often

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internally inconsistent and this inconsistency is not considered problematic by adherents.

Question 3

5. Some pseudoscience provides

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explanations for phenomena that only believers can observe.

Question 3

3. There is no progress in pseudoscience.

Answer 3

Pseudoscience is static.

Question 4

6. Pseudoscience practitioners promote themselves as

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victims. The “establishment” is trying to bury their ideas.

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7. Some pseudoscience is based on

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a text rather than empirical data. For example, “creation science” seeks only “facts” that reinforce scripture, not to gain knowledge about the empirical world.