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| A pseudoscience is any body of knowledge purported to be scientific or supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method. For more information about the complexities of drawing the boundaries of pseudoscience, see the articles ]. The history of ]s, are covered in the main ]. | A pseudoscience is any body of knowledge purported to be scientific or supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method. For more information about the complexities of drawing the boundaries of pseudoscience, see the articles ]. The history of ]s, are covered in the main ]. | ||
| Since pseudoscience is something that purports to be science, pseudoscience only emerged after the ] established ]. Non-scientific studies before the revolution that lead to the establishment of a scientific field, but which are regarded as ]. | |||
| Since the advent of pseudoscience, numerous groups have presented non-scientific topics as science in order to gain the appearance of ] through association with science. Pseudoscientific subjects widely vary, but include anything that purports to study the ] through science, and anything that breaks the laws of physics such as ]s. | |||
| The ] is also important as advertisers often try to present products using scientific jargon in order to sell them to an unscientifically educated public. | |||
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A pseudoscience is any body of knowledge purported to be scientific or supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method. For more information about the complexities of drawing the boundaries of pseudoscience, see the articles Pseudoscience. The history of protosciences, are covered in the main history of science.
Since pseudoscience is something that purports to be science, pseudoscience only emerged after the scientific revolution established science. Non-scientific studies before the revolution that lead to the establishment of a scientific field, but which are regarded as protoscience.
Since the advent of pseudoscience, numerous groups have presented non-scientific topics as science in order to gain the appearance of legitimacy through association with science. Pseudoscientific subjects widely vary, but include anything that purports to study the supernatural through science, and anything that breaks the laws of physics such as perpetual motion machines.
The history of marketing is also important as advertisers often try to present products using scientific jargon in order to sell them to an unscientifically educated public.
Topics to be covered:
- Astrology as divergent from astronomy
- Numerology as divergent from number theory
- Snake oil
- Homeopathy
- Cold Fusion
- Götaland theory
- history of creationism
- Some topics from List_of_alternative, speculative and disputed theories
- Topics from Pathological science
- Topics from Category:Pseudoscience