Don Lancaster's Pseudo Science Bashing

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Presented here are resources that are both external and internal to our Pseudoscience Library.

Pseudoscience is what the Houyhnhnm's politely termed "That which is not so". Ludicrosities such as free energy, alien abductions, cold fusion, anti gravity, a significant fraction of Nikolia Tesla ( who is the patron saint of The Church of the More Recent Crackpots™ ), overunity magnetics, UFO's, "not even wrong" labwork, perpetual motion, Brown's Gas or outright scams.

There are three levels of pseudoscience:

 • Tain't likely McGee.

 • Boy, a whole flock of 'em flew over
  that time.

 • What are they on, and where do we
   get some of it?

Because so much of it is so mesmerizingly awful, much of pseudoscience makes for wondrously fascinating reading. And the fact that a well executed scam is a joy to behold can simply add to the interest.

My goal here is to place a big pile of pseudoscience onto a large stage.  And shine a very bright light on it. And then get you to personally conclude: "Yup - that sure is a big pile all right."

The only tiny problem is that an awful lot of it keeps leaking out of the bottom of the pile. 

My very first perpetual motion machine can be found here.

Pseudoscience subjects certainly can serve as useful adjuncts to porcine whole body cleanliness. But otherwise are total hogwash.

WARNING: Attacking pseudoscience with a maniacal religious fervor turns you into ( or makes you even worse than ) what you are laboring under the delusion you are attacking! Never directly confront any individual who clearly shows signs of chronic or acute rectocranial inversion.

Please remember that two key tenets of the scientific method include falsifiability and that extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence.

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