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Noun Concept
Categories: Pseudoscience, Fringe theory, Scientific misconduct, Deception, Barriers to critical thinking
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pseudoscience  Conservationist Physics  Bogus science  Controversial pseudosciences  crackpot theory
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An activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions WordNet 3.0
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An activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method. Wikipedia
Consisting of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method Wikipedia Disambiguation
Unscientific claim that is wrongly presented as scientific Wikidata
Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method. Wiktionary
Purported science. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
fallacy
misinformation
social issue
non-science
HAS PART
energy
HAS KIND
alchemy
astrology
'Pataphysics
ancient astronaut hypothesis
homotoxicology
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HAS INSTANCE
creationism
climate change denial
intelligent design
ley line
Ariosophy
+15 relations
DOES NOT HAVE QUALITY
scientific method
PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH
fraud
hoax
pseudo-scholarship
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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pseudoscience
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pseudoscience
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pseudoscience
Wiktionary
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pseudoscience
Wikipedia Redirections
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Bogus science, Conservationist physics, Conservationist Physics, Controversial pseudosciences, crackpot theory, Fake science, Fraudulent science, Hoodoo science, List of protoscience, Medical electrician, parascience, Parascientific, Politically-motivated pseudoscience, Politics and pseudoscience, Prevalence of pseudoscientific beliefs in the United States, Pseduoscientific, pseudo-science, pseudo-sciences, pseudo-scientific, Pseudo science, Pseudocience, Pseudosci, PseudoScience, pseudosciences, Pseudoscientifc, pseudoscientific, Pseudoscientific stance, Pseudoscientifically, pseudoscientist, pseudoscientists, Psuedo-science, Psuedo-scientific, Psuedoscience, Psuedoscientific, Psuedoscientist, Quack science, Quack theory, Shampoo science
Wikidata Alias
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fake science, pseudo-science

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