pseudoscience

Summary

pseudoscience ranks in the top 0.51% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,051 views/month, #393 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• pseudoscience is a type of non-science^[2].
• pseudoscience is a type of social issue^[3].
• pseudoscience is a type of misinformation^[4].
• pseudoscience is a type of non-rational belief system^[5].
• pseudoscience's Commons category is recorded as Pseudoscience^[6].
• pseudoscience's said to be the same as is recorded as pseudo-scholarship^[7].
• pseudoscience is the opposite of real science^[8].
• pseudoscience's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pseudoscience^[9].
• pseudoscience's facet of is recorded as demarcation problem^[10].
• pseudoscience's partially coincident with is recorded as pseudo-scholarship^[11].
• pseudoscience's partially coincident with is recorded as fraud^[12].
• pseudoscience's partially coincident with is recorded as hoax^[13].
• pseudoscience's partially coincident with is recorded as fringe theory^[14].
• pseudoscience's partially coincident with is recorded as misinformation^[15].
• pseudoscience's topic has template is recorded as Template:Pseudoscience^[16].
• pseudoscience's has contributing factor is recorded as anecdotal evidence^[17].
• pseudoscience's used by is recorded as charlatan^[18].
• pseudoscience's has characteristic is recorded as pejorative^[19].
• pseudoscience's different from is recorded as fictional field of science or engineering^[20].
• pseudoscience's different from is recorded as superseded scientific theory^[21].
• pseudoscience's different from is recorded as junk science^[22].
• pseudoscience's history of topic is recorded as history of pseudoscience^[23].
• pseudoscience's uses is recorded as pseudo-scholarship^[24].
• pseudoscience's has list is recorded as list of topics characterized as pseudoscience^[25].
• pseudoscience's studied by is recorded as agnotology^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include non-science^[2], social issue^[3], misinformation^[4], and non-rational belief system^[5]. pseudoscience is the opposite of real science^[8].

Use and Application

pseudoscience's used by is recorded as charlatan^[18].

Why It Matters

pseudoscience ranks in the top 0.51% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,051 views/month, #393 of 77,819).^[1] pseudoscience has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] pseudoscience is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]