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Noun(1) an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions

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(1) A ‘science’ that consists of nothing but such claims is not a science, but a pseudoscience .(2) an explanation of how to distinguish genuine science from pseudoscience(3) Before I was a Scientologist, I never agreed with psychiatry and I know that psychiatry is a pseudoscience .(4) The particular belief or the pseudoscience may be different in each country but the need for a skeptical response is vital.(5) A pseudoscience is set of ideas based on theories put forth as scientific when they are not scientific.(6) Intelligent design had been viewed as a pseudoscience because it refused to limit nature to the operation of blind material processes.(7) the new pseudoscience of ‘counselling’(8) Other evangelicals have touted the film's gorgeous story as an example of intelligent design, the pseudoscientific doctrine that evolution is a myth.(9) Books about pseudosciences such as astrology sell millions of copies.(10) Many pseudoscientists relish being able to point out the consistency of their theories with known facts or with predicted consequences, but they do not recognize that such consistency is not proof of anything.(11) Dr Wakefield has opted out of medical science to join the world of pseudoscientific dogma, media celebrity and populist campaigning.(12) And some courts have taken judicial notice of the irrationality of certain pseudosciences , including phrenology and astrology.(13) This kind of data retrofitting is common among believers in such pseudosciences as astrology, graphology and biorhythms.(14) Scientists don't want to take time ‘debunking,’ and pseudoscientists are generally unwilling to come to the table unless they set the terms, and often assume that the scales are automatically tipped against them.(15) Perhaps the difference is that women admit intuition is partly instinct, while men like Southall dress it up in pseudoscientific theory and try to pass it off as fact.(16) For those who wish to combine magnet therapy with cupping and enjoy the benefits of two pseudosciences at once, the Magic Mengshi Cup is recommended.
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(1) pseudoscience
(2) science
(3) pseudo
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