• 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    molecular genetics. Science portal Pseudoscience Scientific theory Philosophy of science Protoscience Fringe science Pathological science Paradigm shift History...
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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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  • science – Scientific data considered to be spurious or fraudulent Pathological science – Area of research which persists despite being widely discredited...
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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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  • 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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    pseudoscience Lysenkoism Mertonian norms Metascience Pathological science Politicization of science Reproducibility Research ethics Research integrity Research...
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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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    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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  • frauds in physics List of topics characterized as pseudoscience Pathological science Pseudoscience Scientific misconduct Masaru Emoto Homeopathic dilutions...
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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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    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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    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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    science Charlatan Crank Fringe theory Fringe science Pseudoarchaeology Pseudohistory Pseudomathematics Junk science Paranormal Pathological science Quackery...
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  • 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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  • 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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    reality and the spiritual elements denied by materialist science", though he often cites science in support of his ideas. He has not submitted his writings...
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    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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    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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    introduced by experimenter bias. N-rays were cited as an example of pathological science by Irving Langmuir. Nearly identical properties of an equally unknown...
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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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    within orthodox science." Specifically, dowsing could be explained in terms of sensory cues, expectancy effects, and probability. Science writer Peter Daempfle...
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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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  • Bad science may refer to: Antiscience Cargo cult science Fabrication (science) Fringe science Junk science Pathological science Pseudoscience Publication...
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