Ray Saintonge wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
> Is there any word or phrase in *common usage*
(i.e., we can't coin a
> Wikipedia-only neologism) that covers what is meant by "pseudoscience"?
"Alternate science" is such a term which
does not carrry the same
negative baggage as "pseudoscience".
No, instead it carries unduly positive baggage. It's not "alternate
science", it's "pretend science". That's the point. "Alternate
science"
is not an alternative wording that means what the stuff is.
"Pseudoscience" is precisely what pseudoscience actually is.
- d.