|
The Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience (2000), edited by Dr William F. Williams, "identifies, defines and explains terms and concepts related to the world of "almost science". It includes over 2000 entries, covering phenomena, people, events, topics places and associations. Criteria for inclusionWilliams describes the criteria for inclusion: “ I have to start somewhere, I am going to use this definition of science: 'The practice of generalizing from observations to form a rational explanation -- a theory -- of a particular part of our world and then testing that theory by experiment, rejecting it if it does not match up[disambiguation], accepting it provisionally if it does'. [..]This then, will be my criterion for deciding what to categorize as science and what is pseudoscience, fraud, or something other than true science. [..] there are many distinct categories (1) claims for scientific status that do not satisfy the definition by any stretch of the imagination (2) frauds and hoaxes (3) mistaken theories that are sooner or later disproved (4) ideological presumptions (5) superstition. The foregoing might be summarized by saying that we have included in this volume, thereby implying that they may be pseudoscientific , matters that are not generally accepted as legitimate science but that are or have been claimed to be so. For good measure we have included topics at the forefront of research that are still controversial." ”Entries in the Encyclopedia do not necessarily note to which criteria an entry belongs. ExamplesThe book includes a wide range of entries, including Astrology, Flat Earth Society, Phrenology and UFOlogy. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  newworldencyclopedia.org unknown Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:03:15 GM The puddling process of smelting iron ore to make pig iron from wrought iron, the right half of the illustration (not shown) displays men working a blast furnace, Tiangong Kaiwu . encyclopedia. published in 1637, written by Song Yingxing ... for instance skin conductance measurements show increases at the predicted points), philosopher Robert Todd Carroll, a member of the Skeptics Society, deemed acupuncture a . pseudoscience. because it "confuse(s) metaphysical claims with ...  planetmath.org Torquemada Fri, 11 May 2007 07:00:00 GM Please see that I am relatively popular Wikipedia editor with the fact I am engaged in struggle against self-promotion and . pseudo-science. ! I even have opened entry against . pseudoscience. , self-promotion, plagiarism, corruption in peer- reviewed journals. ... And finally, . encyclopedia. should contain ONLY material for which a person should be remembered. I don't think that several anonymous posts or idendity plays are such a profoud interest for professional scientists. ...  wikiledi.org Pharmamen Fri, 25 May 2007 11:20:18 GM [See his There is no such base key in the db a article There is no such base key in the db a Why Is There is no such base key in the db a . Pseudoscience. Dangerous? and There is no such base key in the db a three other There is no such ... From Google Blog Search: "encyclopedia of pseudoscience"  news.google.com Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies The first edition of J. Gordon Melton's (1978: II: 198-213) monumental Encyclopedia of American Religions already reported the histories and doctrines of ... and more » news.google.com Malaysia Today Both men were also practicing astrologers, which does not give any boost to the credibility of that pseudoscience . In fact, science and religion are two ... and more » From Google News Search: "encyclopedia of pseudoscience"  hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu 232px x 206px | 5.70kB [source page] needed to create two new quarks a quark and its antiquark The new quarks will stick to the pre existing ones creating new particles The end result is a classical particle reaction like this 0 p + reaction where a pair of Up quark and antiquark is created However at small distances like inside a hadron quarks have  skeptic.com 193px x 150px | 21.40kB [source page] The Mask of Nostradamus The Truth About Uri Geller and The Encyclopedia of Claims Frauds and Hoaxes Please note that James Randi s attendance is subject to his health From Yahoo Image Search: "encyclopedia of pseudoscience" |
