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Pseudoscience - Coggle Diagram
Pseudoscience
How ?
Barnum effect
Placebo effect
Cherry-picking
Complexity
Survivorship bias
confusion of correlation w/ causation
Confirmation bias
Sunk-cost / escalation of commitment
Counter-arguments
Isn't non-science useful?
Why rely on non-science or pseudo-science when there's science
Yes, most knowledge is non-science
Isn't science wrong?
What about soft science?
What about things that can't be studied scientifically?
Some pseudosciences end up becoming proven sciences
Not really, give me an example
I don't label something as pseudoscience until it's core has been blatantly disproven
ex: flat earth
Harm
Lying
Waste of resources
Denying access to proven solutions
Vulnerable to scams
Mostly harmless
Placebo effect
OK, but don't promote it
Definition
Form = scientific
Substance != scientific