It's a little more complicated than this -- see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarcation_problem
In some cases it is easy, in some it is difficult if not impossible,
even from a practical point of view. But this is a problem not just
for Wikipedia but is also a major problem dealt with in areas relating
to law as well (i.e. what diagnosis/assessment is admissable as
evidence).
FF
On 12/12/05, Guettarda <guettarda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
No, not really - pseudoscience is a term for something
which adopts the
appearances of the scientific method, and claims to be scientific, without
actually using the scientific method. The difference between science and
pseudoscience is fairly clear. It isn't really an expression of an
opinion. If something can be objectively described as science or
pseudoscience, then it isn't POV. (Of course you could go into a long
debate about the nature of reality, but for our purposes I think we have to
assume we know what is is).
Ian (Guettarda)
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