One way to tell that an explanation is pseudoscientific rather than scientific is to

One way to tell that an explanation is pseudoscientific rather than scientific is to look at how readily proponents of the explanation will accept evidence to the contrary.

Pseudoscience includes beliefs, theories, or practices that have been or are considered scientific, but have no basis in scientific fact. Pseudosciences are claimed to be both scientific and factual, but are incompatible with the scientific method.

Pseudoscience Examples

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One way to tell that an explanation is pseudoscientific rather than scientific is to look at how readily proponents of the explanation will accept evidence to the contrary.

Some differences between pseudoscientific than scientific are:

scientific: Personal stories or testimonials are not accepted as evidence.

pseudoscientific : Personal stories or testimonials are relied upon for evidence.

scientific: Consistent and interconnected; one part cannot be changed without affecting the whole.

pseudoscientific : Inconsistent and not interconnected; any part can be arbitrarily changed in any way without affecting other parts.

 scientific: Argues from scientific knowledge and from the results of experiments.

pseudoscientific : Argues from ignorance. The lack of a scientific explanation is used to support ideas.

scientific: Uses vocabulary that is well defined and is in wide usage by co-workers.

pseudoscientific : Uses specially invented terms that are vague and applied only to one specific area.

Grade:  9

Subject:  biology

Chapter:  Introduction to Psychology

Keywords:  scientific,  pseudoscientific, evidence, contrary, Introduction to Psychology

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oxygen = 21% of the atmosphere

nitrogen = 78%

carbon dioxide = 0.1%

argon =0.934%