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The ability to quickly distinguish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience Pseudoscience] from peer-reviewed research is a vital skill in the modern [[information]] age when [[social media]] is heavily populated with [[misinformation]] and [[grift]].
[[File:Pseudoscience-astrology-quantum-woo-homeopathy-psychic-energy.jpg|thumb|Astrologer working in a pseudoscience lab]]
The ability to quickly distinguish [[wikipedia:Pseudoscience|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|Quantum Woo]] is a strategy used by modern pseudoscience to leverage the misunderstanding of [[quantum mechanics]] into [[Spirituality|spiritual]] [[grift]].


Are you accidentally falling for pseudoscience? [[wikipedia:List_of_topics_characterized_as_pseudoscience|Check your beliefs against this master list]] and be sure that you are living in [[reality]]!
Are you accidentally falling for pseudoscience? [[wikipedia:List_of_topics_characterized_as_pseudoscience|Check your beliefs against this master list]] and be sure that you are living in [[reality]]!

Latest revision as of 10:00, 27 January 2024

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 is a strategy used by modern pseudoscience to leverage the misunderstanding of quantum mechanics into spiritual grift.

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

Karl Popper, Science & Pseudoscience: Crash Course


Science vs. Pseudoscience


Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris


Phil Collins - Sussudio(science)