What is the difference between science and pseudoscience?
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- Author
- Paul Sutter
- Published
- August 2, 2023
Original excerpt
Pseudoscience is a practice that, from the outside, looks like science, but upon closer inspection, is revealed to be nothing but. And what makes a practice look like science?
A general explainer defines pseudoscience as a practice that appears scientific on the surface but fails closer examination. It does not address UAP claims directly in the excerpt.
Alternative explanation
The piece frames the distinction between science and pseudoscience as a general epistemological question.
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