[WikiEN-l] SPOV threatens NPOV

Fri Dec 16 20:16:44 UTC 2005

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.