Pseudoscience

alleged mental illness linked to scientific racism

thumb|Albert Abrams (1863–1924), Photo

pseudoscientific home appliance

placing of the hands of a healer on the person to be cured with intent

medical fraud in which the practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery

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Extrasensory perception associated with supernaturally knowing the history of an object

embracing of strange or scientifically unsound ideas by some Nobel Prize winners, usually later in life

Widespread practice regarding mind manipulation by electronic means

non-profit organization in the USA

Neo-creationism is a pseudoscientific movement which aims to restate creationism in terms more likely to be well received by the public, by policy makers, by educators and by the scientific community. It aims to re-frame the debate over the origins of life in non-religious terms and without appeals to scripture. In the United States, this comes in response to the 1987 ruling by the Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard that creationism is an inherently religious concept and that advocating it as correct or accurate in public-school curricula violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amend

shock wave generator meant to prevent hail

Postulation that the Kartvelian languages of the Caucasus area are related to the Semitic languages of the Middle East; proposed by Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr in 1920s and 1930s, now seen as outdated

Pseudoscientific technique used to test individuals for extrasensory perception

pseudoscientific medical system that associates various body parts, diseases, and drugs as under the influence of the astrological planets and zodiac signs

hologram bracelet

thumb|Squaring the circle: the areas of this square and circle are both equal to [[pi|. It was proved in 1882 that this figure cannot be constructed in a finite number of steps with an idealized straightedge and compass. Nevertheless, "proofs" of such constructions were still published even 50 years later.]]

alternative medical practice without proven benefit, in which oil is "swished" around the mouth

pseudoscientific document

unproven method of supposedly reducing the effects of hard water

book

thumb|An example of by W.P. Hood

thumb|The 1925 "Journal of World Ice Theory" ' (WEL; "World Ice Theory" or "World Ice Doctrine"), also known as ' (Glacial Cosmogony), is a discredited cosmological concept proposed by Hanns Hörbiger, an Austrian engineer and inventor. According to his ideas, ice was the basic substance of all cosmic processes, and ice moons, ice planets, and the "global ether" (also made of ice) had determined the entire development of the universe. Hörbiger did not arrive at his ideas through research, but said that he had received it in a "vision" in 1894. He published a book about the theory in 1912 and he

Liquid by-product of metabolism in camels

Baron Carl von Reichenbach's notion of a physical force believed to pervade all nature, and manifesting itself chiefly in connection with mesmeric phenomena

attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in accordance with a literal belief in the global flood described in Genesis

Pseudohistory of RMS Titanic

right|thumb|The Crystal Ball (painting)|The Crystal Ball by [[John William Waterhouse (1902, oil on canvas)]]

Type of dieting food

pseudoscientific belief that germs do not cause infectious disease

pseudoscientific Spiritual blueprint & guide to synergistic living

Pseudoskepticism (also spelled as pseudoscepticism) is a philosophical or scientific position that appears to be that of skepticism or scientific skepticism but in reality is a form of dogmatism.

British ophthalmologist and eye surgeon

hypothesis of past geologically rapid shifts of the earth's axis rotation and poles

idea that says unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and related events involve visitations from other "realities" or "dimensions" that coexist separately alongside our own

thumb|upright=1.35|Captain Science reading an alien's brain

hypothesis that some unidentified flying objects are occupied by extraterrestrial life

(1875-1958) American cloud seeder

unsupported hypothesis about effects of quantum spin

speculation that Moon is hollow

argumentative fallacy

Indian aviation pioneer (1864–1916)

Malaysian entrepreneur, author, and speaker

secret U.S. Army unit established to investigate the potential for psychic phenomena in military and domestic intelligence applications

conspiracy theories claiming the World Trade Center was destroyed in a controlled demolition during the September 11 attacks

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widely rejected diagnosis characterized as a potentially fatal state of extreme agitation and delirium

unproven constructs pertaining to the vagus nerve

ID2020 is an American 501(c)(3) nongovernmental organization which advocates for digital ID for the billion undocumented people worldwide and under-served groups like refugees. Clive Smith succeeded founder Dakota Gruener as executive director in 2022. The NGO was relatively unknown before being publicized because of misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic by conspiracy theorists.

juice of the fruit of the species Morinda citrifolia

pseudoscientific fringe psychological treatment involving tapping with the fingers at meridian points on the upper body and hands

according to historical racial classifications, a subrase of the Caucasoid race, centered in the Horn of Africa, among that region's Hamito-Semitic-speaking populations

diagnosis of adrenal gland exhaustion

movement

methodology of Scientologists

pseudoscientific marketing term

thermography used for medical diagnosis

Annual award given by skeptic James Randi

purported to be the original forms of life as they were created by God

American writer and publisher