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I hate the phrase "bad science." Can't we just call this not science?


Except a number of these folks think of themselves as doing "science" they have "experiments" and "controls" and "theories" and more confirmation bias than is healthy. But they miss the bit about the 'review' and 'challenge' aspects of 'Good' science.

There is "bad science" done by earnest people, just like there is "bad music" created by earnest musicians. Properly labeling it as "bad" indicates that with work it can become "good" through better education about the scientific method, labeling it as "psudeo" dismisses the work outright and thus discourages folks who might actually have something from learning how to test whether or not they really do.


Pseudoscience would also work, and is easier to say than non-science.


I agree with ChuckMcM's comment above, but I like how "non-science" sounds like "nonsense" when you say it out loud.




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