pseudoscience
noun
pseu·do·sci·ence
ˌsü-dō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 
: a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
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Keep your mom away from jade eggs and pseudoscience!
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Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
Details of the characters’ psychologies — Belle’s impulse to fake an ailment whenever she’s threatened, or Milla’s doubling down on pseudoscience to protect herself from facing mortality — are introduced, underlined, and then hammered over repeatedly.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
The inescapable conclusion is that Kennedy’s HHS is in the grip of a pseudoscience revolution in which misinformation and disinformation are ascendant.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
Details of the characters’ psychologies — Belle’s impulse to fake an ailment whenever she’s threatened, or Milla’s doubling down on pseudoscience to protect herself from facing mortality — are introduced, underlined, and then hammered over repeatedly.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
The inescapable conclusion is that Kennedy’s HHS is in the grip of a pseudoscience revolution in which misinformation and disinformation are ascendant.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Pseudoscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudoscience. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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pseudoscience
noun
pseu·do·sci·ence
ˌsüd-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s
: a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
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