Pseudoscience

Astrologer working in a pseudoscience lab

The ability to quickly distinguish Pseudoscience from peer-reviewed research is a vital skill in the modern information age when social media is heavily populated with misinformation and grift.

Quantum Woo uses pseudoscience to leverage the misunderstanding of quantum mechanics into spiritual grift.

Creationism is the use of pseudoscience to defend literal interpretations of scripture.

Many pseudoscientific health products rely on the placebo effect for their perceived benefits, so it is helpful to understand how that works. It also helps you save money on supplements by not buying them.

Many conspiracy theories are built on the basis of pseudoscience, as are many theories of everything.

The science, evidence, critical thinking, truth, trust, misinformation, social media, and grift pages all relate to identifying bad information.

Are you accidentally falling for pseudoscience? Check your beliefs against this master list and be sure that you are living in reality!

RationalWiki is a similar Wikipedia project that focuses on debunking pseudoscientific claims and grift.

Karl Popper, Science & Pseudoscience: Crash Course

Science vs. Pseudoscience

The Mythbusters were the peak of late-stage Discovery channel, when educational programming was not yet phased out completely. Full Playlist (251 Videos)

Mythbusters Most Dangerous Experiments

Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris

Phil Collins - Sussudio(science)