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Pseudoscience
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Pseudoscience
A philosophy described by Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann as ‘the dissociation of belief from evidence’
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Most of what's claimed for 2012 relies on wishful thinking, wild pseudoscientific folly, ignorance of astronomy and a level of paranoia worthy of 'Night of the Living Dead,' " Ed Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory, in Los Angeles, and an expert on ancient astronomy, wrote in an article in the November issue of Sky & Telescope.
Is It Doomsday in 2012? by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
If India coach Gary Kirsten's pseudoscientific paper suggesting cricketers play better after a bit of exercise between the sheets has any truth in it, Di Venuto looked like he must have been tucked up in bed by nine the previous evening - and not back to the team hotel until gone midnight.
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Some pieces breezily poke fun at pseudoscientific breakthroughs, including "electrically activated" oxygen water and healing magnets, both purported to cure just about everything.
Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience by Sanders, Laura / Science News
 
 
 
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