The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience is a two-volume collection of articles that discuss the Skeptics Society's scientific findings of investigations...
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Critical thinking – Analysis of facts to form a judgment The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience – 2002 book by Michael Shermer FactCheck.org – Fact-checking...
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internationally by The Skeptics Society, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition...
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Palmistry (category Pseudoscience)
Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 63–66. ISBN 1-57607-654-7 Jones, Lindsay, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed...
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2002). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 72. ISBN 9781576076538. Mörzer Bruyns, W. F. J. (1971). Field guide of whales and...
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as Pseudoscience". In Shermer, Michael (ed.). Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Abc-Clio. pp. 664ff. ISBN 978-1576076538. "Goodbye to MBTI, the Fad...
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to claim the theory is scientific. (from Carroll's The Skeptic's Dictionary): 175 The physiologist Gordon Stein in the book Encyclopedia of Hoaxes (1993)...
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Ufology (section Status as a pseudoscience)
an encyclopedia. Oxford University Press US. p. 176. ISBN 0-19-514193-8. Shermer, Michael, ed. (2002). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience (PDF)...
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Reiki (redirect from Timeline of Reiki history)
(ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 252–. ISBN 9781576076538. Pigliucci, Massimo; Boudry, Maarten (2013). Philosophy of Pseudoscience:...
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (category Pseudoscience)
Desensitization and Reprocessing". In Shermer M, Linse P (eds.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Vol. 1. Bloomsbury. pp. 321–326. ISBN 978-1-57607-653-8...
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Chiropractic (redirect from Critical views of chiropractic)
Conventional or Alternative Healing?". In Shermer M (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-1-57607-653-8. Menke...
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titled Flat Earth Clues: The Sky's The Limit in 2016. Critics consider the flat Earth beliefs promoted by Sargent pseudoscience, inconsistent with all empirical...
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Bourgeois pseudoscience (Russian: Буржуазная лженаука) was a term of condemnation in the Soviet Union for certain scientific disciplines that were deemed...
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scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs. The Skeptics Society was co-founded by Michael Shermer...
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Zak Bagans (redirect from The Haunted Museum)
against skeptics and scientists. The Skeptical Inquirer and the Society for Psychical Research noted similarities between several passages in the book and...
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Ancient astronauts (redirect from Intelligent Life in the Universe (book))
The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. p. 19 The Mysterious Nazca Lines, Onagocag.com, August 7, 1982, archived from the original on July...
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Rhonda Byrne (redirect from The Hero (Rhonda Byrne))
2010). "The Pseudoscience of 'The Secret' and 'The Power'". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2018. Canfield, Jack (3 May 2007). "The 2007 TIME...
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variety of topics within pseudoscience, the paranormal, and hoaxes. The Encyclopedia received generally positive reviews. In 2006, Randi made the work available...
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Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method...
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Graphology (redirect from Handwriting pseudoscience)
PMID 4985489. Shermer, Michael, ed. (2002). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Vol. 1. Skeptic's Society. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-57607-653-8. de Sainte...
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Fringe theory (redirect from On the fringes)
and Pseudoscience". In Pigliucci, Massimo; Boudry, Maarten (eds.). Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem. University of Chicago...
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Skepticism (redirect from Skeptic)
of criticism of the European Union List of topics characterized as pseudoscience Pseudoskepticism – Philosophical position that appears to be skeptic...
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Humorism (redirect from Theory of the humours)
(2013). Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135955298. Bhikha, Rashid; Glynn, John (2017). "The Theory...
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Ignatius L. Donnelly (category Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives)
Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 297–307. ISBN 1-57607-654-7 Gardner, Martin. (1957). Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science...
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Charlatan (category Pseudoscience)
Rather, the person called a charlatan is being accused of resorting to quackery, pseudoscience, or other knowingly employed bogus means of impressing...
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Dowsing (category Pseudoscience)
Deangelis, Perry. (2002). Dowsing. In Michael Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 93–94. ISBN 1-57607-654-7 "Despite widespread...
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Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (redirect from List of Myers–Briggs personality types)
The MBTI Manual, Chapter 6: Interpreting Results of the MBTI and Verifying Type Despite its popularity, it has been widely regarded as pseudoscience by...
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Caroline Myss (redirect from Anatomy of the Spirit)
Shermer's book The Skeptic: Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, Phil Molé says "Caroline Myss offers no tangible evidence to support any of her claims. Her...
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promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. The term comes from the "snake oil" that used to be sold as...
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Anthroposophic medicine (category Pseudoscience)
Anthroposophical Medicine". In Michael Shermer (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-1-57607-653-8. Jump, Paul...
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