Pathological science is an area of research where "people are tricked into false results ... by subjective effects, wishful thinking or threshold interactions...
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Pathology (redirect from Pathological)
to the person's lifestyle, are often called "pathological" (e.g., pathological gambling or pathological liar). Although the vast majority of lab work...
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List of superseded scientific theories (redirect from Obsolete science)
molecular genetics. Science portal Pseudoscience Scientific theory Philosophy of science Protoscience Fringe science Pathological science Paradigm shift History...
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of topics characterized as pseudoscience Normative science – Aspect of science Pathological science – Area of research which persists despite being widely...
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within a scientific discipline Pathological science – Area of research which persists despite being widely discredited Science, technology and society – Academic...
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Problem gambling (redirect from Pathological Gambling)
disorder according to DSM-5 if certain diagnostic criteria are met. Pathological gambling is a common disorder associated with social and family costs...
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Pathological jealousy, also known as morbid jealousy, is a psychological disorder characterized by a pervasive preoccupation with the belief that one's...
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Cold fusion (redirect from Condensed matter nuclear science)
claims dead, and cold fusion subsequently gained a reputation as pathological science. In 1989 the United States Department of Energy (DOE) concluded that...
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Scientific misconduct (redirect from Science fraud)
pseudoscience Lysenkoism Mertonian norms Metascience Pathological science Politicization of science Reproducibility Research ethics Research integrity Research...
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voodoo science (see the quote section below, Page 10) as covering four categories which evolve from self-delusion to fraud: pathological science, wherein...
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science – Scientific data considered to be spurious or fraudulent Pathological science – Area of research which persists despite being widely discredited...
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Pathological lying, also known as pseudologia fantastica (Latin for "fantastic pseudology"), is a chronic behavior characterized by the habitual or compulsive...
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Pseudoscience (redirect from Pseudo science)
experimentally discredited. It is not the same as junk science. The demarcation between science and pseudoscience has scientific, philosophical, and political...
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He cites this feature as one of Irving Langmuir's indicators of pathological science. Park pointed out that if mind really could influence matter, it...
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experimenter's regress acts a positive feedback system, it can be a source of pathological science. An experimenter's strong belief in a new theory produces confirmation...
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Flat Earth (redirect from Flat-Earth science)
long-lasting and essential conflict between science and religion. Some studies of the historical connections between science and religion have demonstrated that...
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Anti-gravity Faster-than-light Incredible utility Johann Bessler Pathological science Time travel Although the machine would not work, the idea was that...
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runs counter to some intuition, then the phenomenon is sometimes called pathological. On the other hand, if a phenomenon does not run counter to intuition...
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Scientific racism (redirect from Race science)
of anti-Jewish prejudice", stigmatizing Jews with male menstruation, pathological hysteria, and nymphomania. At the same time, several Jews, such as Joseph...
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Phrenology (redirect from Brain shape science)
phrenology generalizes beyond empirical knowledge in a way that departs from science. The central phrenological notion that measuring the contour of the skull...
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in ESP Research. Science New Series, Vol. 201, No. 4351. pp. 131–136. Bunge, Mario. (1987). "Why Parapsychology Cannot Become a Science". Behavioral and...
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Pathological Altruism is a book edited by Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, Guruprasad Madhavan, and David Sloan Wilson. It was published on 5 January 2012...
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Anatomical pathology (redirect from Pathological anatomy)
in at least two laboratories, and candidates must pass a Basic Pathological Sciences examination (usually in first year), the Part 1 examinations (not...
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Polywater (category Science and technology in the Soviet Union)
contaminating it. Today, polywater is best known as an example of pathological science. In 1961, the Soviet physicist Nikolai Fedyakin, working at the Technological...
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signifies the pathological nature of his investigations. Reichenbach's pursuit of the odic force is a classic example of pathological science. Scientists...
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science Charlatan Crank Fringe theory Fringe science Pseudoarchaeology Pseudohistory Pseudomathematics Junk science Paranormal Pathological science Quackery...
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Creation science or scientific creationism is a pseudoscientific form of Young Earth creationism which claims to offer scientific arguments for certain...
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Bad science may refer to: Antiscience Cargo cult science Fabrication (science) Fringe science Junk science Pathological science Pseudoscience Publication...
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stated, "reiki postulates the existence of a universal energy unknown to science and thus far undetectable surrounding the human body, which practitioners...
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Protoscience (redirect from Proto-science)
a science. History of science Hypothesis Pseudoscience Methodical culturalism Natural philosophy Obsolete scientific theories Pathological science Tuomela...
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