Fact or Fiction:

SCIENCE VS
PSEUDOSCIENCE
How to tell the difference

SCIENCE PSEUDOSCIENCE
methods

uses empirical evidence in the no testing or verification used

form of: often based on:
1) observations 1) unreliable information
2) controlled experiments 2) personal testimony
3) data analysis 3) subjective experience

Testability

1) is testable 1) can't be tested

2) theories are created to be 2) information is created where
proven false its difficult to be proven false

Consistency
1) information contradicts
1) knowledge and principles are established scientific
supported of empirical evidence principles and theories
2) consistent with existing 2) rely on unproven
knowledge explanations