Ray Saintonge wrote:
Here we are not concerned with any particular subject
by itself, but a
wide range of subjects with varying degrees of support or hostility,
including mutual hostility. "Alternative science" may appear
sympathetic to the proponents, but not outrageously so.
I think it's too sympathetic to pass NPOV muster when it simply isn't.
Sorry, but I'm not at all sympathetic to
intelligent design. There are
other subjects in this category that I find more interesting, but I'm
willing to allow it to be called "alternate science" in order to be able
to have meningful discussions.
I'm not. It's an example of the pseudo- in "pseudoscience": wearing
some
of the clothes of "science" to pretend to respectability it doesn't
warrant.
If we interpret "science" strictly
that's true. Nevertheless, others
use the word "science" to refer to any kind of disciplined approach to a
subject, as in the science of Texas Hold'em.
Pseudoscience is stuff pretending to be [[science]], properly speaking -
not stuff claiming to be other plausible meanings of the word "science."
- d.