Pseudoscience/Related Articles

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Philosophy of science [r]: Philosophical study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science. ^[e]
Scientific method [r]: The concept of systematic inquiry based on hypotheses and their testing in light of empirical evidence. ^[e]
Skepticism [r]: Add brief definition or description

Astrology [r]: Any belief that correlates the patterns and positions of celestial bodies to human personalities, human affairs, or terrestrial events. ^[e]
Backmasking [r]: Add brief definition or description
Creationism [r]: The belief that the world and the universe were created by God. ^[e]
Crystal healing [r]: Add brief definition or description
Extra-sensory perception [r]: Add brief definition or description
Graphology [r]: Add brief definition or description
Homeopathy [r]: System of alternative medicine involving administration of highly diluted substances with the intention to stimulate the body's natural healing processes, not considered proven by mainstream science. ^[e]
Intelligent design [r]: Claim that fundamental features of the universe and living things are best explained by purposeful causation. ^[e]
Iridology [r]: Add brief definition or description
Trofim Lysenko [r]: Add brief definition or description
Therapeutic touch [r]: A form of energy healing, performed by a therapist positioning hands over the patient's body, and sensing and adjusting energy fields ^[e]

Demarcation problem [r]: Problem in the philosophy of science that attempts to come up with criterias and conditions for determining science from pseudoscience and non-science. ^[e]
Protoscience [r]: Add brief definition or description
Richard Feynman [r]: (1918–1988) An American physicist known for his scientific acumen, humor, and charismatic charm; drummer and painter of scandalous paintings; member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, then Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology; Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1965; staff, Manhattan Project ^[e]
Karl Popper [r]: (1902–1994) One of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century. ^[e]