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Also known as pseudo-science, fake science
thumb|upright=1.35|A typical 19th-century phrenology chart: during the 1820s, phrenologists claimed the mind was located in areas of the brain, and were attacked for doubting that mind came from the nonmaterial soul. Their idea of reading "bumps" in the skull to predict personality traits was later discredited. Phrenology was first termed a pseudoscience in 1843 and continues to be considered so.
Pseudoscience refers to ideas or practices that claim to be scientific but lack the rigorous evidence and methods of genuine science, such as phrenology's discredited claim that skull bumps could predict personality traits. It matters because pseudoscientific claims can mislead people into accepting false beliefs, as happened when phrenology was widely accepted before being proven wrong.
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