Science Legitimacy Debate

Users question whether claims or an article presented as science qualify as legitimate science or constitute pseudoscience.

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Sample Comments

tsmffh • Jun 1, 2016 • View on HN

Let alone a 'science'.

mlvljr • Dec 22, 2017 • View on HN

"you have no idea how Sciance works" :)

wreath • Oct 22, 2020 • View on HN

what "science" is that if I may ask?

nerdponx • Nov 24, 2020 • View on HN

What's scientifically illiterate about this?

sigzero • Apr 22, 2015 • View on HN

Science doesn't agree with you there.

davelnewton • Feb 15, 2018 • View on HN

Hey, science is in the name, so it must count.

wkjagt • Dec 24, 2023 • View on HN

It is isn't true until it's science.

sammoth • Apr 21, 2017 • View on HN

What's pseudo-science about it?

digging • Jul 27, 2023 • View on HN

This article is explicitly claiming to be science.

It's not ``science'', afterall..