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| Top Ten indicators of a PhD in pseudoscience | | Date Created: Aug 29, 2005, 10:53 PM |
10. Uses the phrase "many people" freely without a basis for it.
9. Capitalizes the word "science".
8. Damns science as dogmatic, run by an establishment, and religion-like but uses it to give authority to opinions expressed.
7. Has a fluid definition of what science, facts, and evidence are.
6. Cannot fathom the difference between scientific understanding and religious belief. Feels religion can be studied scientifically and science acts like religious belief.
5. Over-reliance on authority figures with impressive sounding credentials or wisdom of the ancients unless they don't agree with opinions expressed, then they're just dogma of the establishment.
4. Can't argue logically because of shifting and erroneous assumptions but loves to quote things that sound important.
3. Misrepresents scientific theory to then discount it and show it to be wrong in some way that allows for "more study of alternative theories".
2. Believes in areas that are religious belief based but claims that they have scientific validity such as intelligent design "theory".
1. Uses scientific jargon and terminology to look knowledgeable and reasonable but is, in reality, clueless about real science.
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