Science vs.

Pseudo-Science
We have discussed a lot of things that is connected to the philosophy of science and
technologies every chapter brought out new and different ideas. We also delve to the idea of
science, where we tried to answer the question of what is science? or what makes an idea or an
activity a science. And in addition, theories and different famous names in the field of science
were introduced and studied upon.

As I was saying earlier in this paper we have discussed and studied science as a field.
What makes a thing or an activity a science and we have to come to learn on the idea of Karl
Popper that we can consider something a science if it can be falsified. This means that an idea
can be evaluate or assess and somehow these ideas can turn out to be false or can be
disapproved. Furthermore, Poppers idea should be the fundamental thing that we should find in
distinguishing science from pseudo-science. As we grow deeper on the understanding of science
and the things that is inclined with this field. Falsifiability will asses if a certain idea or theory
can be considered as science. Karl’s feature will be the basis of how people can differentiate
science from what we call as pseudo-science. Now this pseudo-science is very different from
science its qualities that make it apart is that pseudo-science is just an activity of confirming an
idea without the proving through experience and experiments. Not like science that use
experiential activity to affirm something pseudo-science are just ideas or proposition in that are
just presented but it lacks rigid scientific methods. In addition, science inspect and study more
closely the theories and evidence that they collect every time, each hypothesis is given time to be
studied while in pseudo-science it is expected that it cannot be falsified and in order to support
its claims it just need to have evidences and it doesn’t need any investigation. Thus, pseudo-
science argues without the use of any scientific wisdom and guide, it is just base on arrogance.

Science will always be the more important one here where it is base on scientific
knowledge that was hand down by those scientists that contributed on this field. Its ideas are
always inclined with theories that was scientifically studied upon by those persons. And as said
on one of the chapters in the book scientific ideas change but it doesn’t mean that it is not
enhancing and evolving in such way.

Submitted By: Brian Angelo E, Olano