... disorder). Because psychology is my field, I feel qualified in saying that the above borders on pseudoscience. Maybe I’d call it immature science. For that sub-type of psychology to ... use and then in measurement. Allow me to end with a speculation. It seems to me that some individuals are drawn to pseudoscience for the vague jargon it employs. How is vague jargon attractive? One can ...

... ; and sweeping statements that are not confirmed by adequately controlled research. I have long tried to point out the dangers of “junk science,” “pseudoscience,” and even those areas where there is some research, but not enough to support the firm and sweeping claims that have been made. If anyone thought this stuff isn’t potentially dangerous, think again. A ...

... suppressed. Original observations and data are often difficult to obtain from pseudoscience practitioners, and is often just anecdotal. The Climategate documents clearly indicate that evidence contradicting ... as determined by known measurement error in the data from which are derived, neither more nor less. Pseudoscience practitioners will often present numbers with a level of precision and ...

... possibility of alternate realities, many-worlds, or multiple universes being "a pseudoscience that is not falsifiable and can never be 'proven' nor 'disproven' ... defining characteristic because insisting on that characteristic is necessary for me to be able to dismiss this theory as unprovable pseudoscience," I'm unaware of any laws of physics that prevent individual ...

I've been writing about the attempts of proponents of various pseudoscience, quackery, and faith-based religious "healing" modalities to slip provisions friendly to their interests into the health care reform bill that will be debated in the Senate beginning today. If you want to know what's at stake, check out the first press release of a newly formed institute designed to ...

trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be ...

In America, when someone claims to be an expert on a subject, with a little research, it’s fairly easy to prove or disprove that person’s credentials. Take Healing Foundation “psycho therapist” Richard Cohen. Cohen’s underlying thesis in his book Coming Out Straight: Understanding and Healing Homosexuality is that homosexuality is a condition that can be cured. ...

I have to finish this post quickly, before the world ends. At the very least, I have to wrap it up before 2013, when it will not only be irrelevant but even more embarrassing for the paranoid among us to read. As you are no doubt aware, the blockbuster movie 2012 is currently assaulting filmgoers across the country. The film, which grossed more than $65 million on its opening weekend, is a ...

... . This...thing...is...not news and should never have been released. But I'm here to talk pseudoscience. First, I refer you to one of my favorite rundowns on what constitutes a pseudoscience. ... fantastic theories that contradict what is known about nature. Add to this another criterion that pseudoscience often promises resolution to several broadly different problems, such as curing cancer and ...

... says.” This hits upon the fact that alternative autism treatments are pseudoscience – they wrap themselves in the trappings of science, but this is simply a cover – ... around and accuse mainstream scientists of doing just that – a preemptive strike against their critics. Another example of this pseudoscience is the use of provoked heavy metal urine testing. One test for ...

... ;s book, The Transsexual Empire, she justifies her hate and vitriol with pseudoscience with the expert in that field, John Money. They also say that transsexuals are eroticized by ... mirror and feeling sexy but I definitely do NOT feel any sexual attraction towards my own body. With this pseudoscience, they harm the feminist movement by offending everyone around them, especially people that would ...

... empirical data to serve its dogma. As opposed to ideology or pseudoscience, science advances through critical thinking by subjecting theories ... to deliberately false manipulation of data, deception and pseudoscience. All in the interests of serving the ideology the IPCC has sold ... week. It is fraud.” Now with proof of the scam in the pseudoscience of man-made global warming, the right thing ...

... to "study the issue" have greater plausibility than they should. As Sagan went on to explain, pseudoscience is easier to make arguments with than science is, because it's not so constrained by having ... evidence, are much more relaxed." This makes it "much easier to present pseudoscience to the general public than science." He also notes that wishful thinking is part ...

... pleas were ignored. Dr. Rachie just Tweeted this link to Age of Autism, that den of pseudoscience and Dark Ages-like fear and superstition. WARNING: you may lose your appetite. ... 8220;science.” McCarthy decided to ignore the advice of the medical community and instead turn to pseudoscience when her son was diagnosed with autism. Over on autism.about.com, the About expert is Lisa Jo Rudy, a ...

... rather dismissive of Freud and psychoanalysis and relatively early in the book refers to psychoanalysis as a pseudoscience and later in his comparison of Freud and Darwin paints the picture of Freud as a celebrity ... stage it is all too easy to apply the rather dubious notion of ‘pseudoscience’. As Einstein once said, ‘Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler ...