[WikiEN-l] SPOV threatens NPOV

Wed Dec 14 17:41:13 UTC 2005

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 at 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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