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I am not sure now that we even share the same understanding of the word ""science"".  To me, ""science"" is simply knowledge that can be derived from use of the scientific method.  ""Pseudo-science"" by contrast involves ""establishing"" hypotheses by going around trying to persecute anyone who dissents from the favored hypothesis with peer pressure, thus bypassing all of that experimentation stuff etc. that is the scientific method. The Soviet Union was known for that latter type of ""scientific method"" - and it is still prevalent as you can have one government whose scientists come up with one DNA result (or whatever) and another government whose scientists get the exact opposite result, and both calling each other fringe to suit various agendas. And all of it requires a major leap of faith for the average consumer since things like DNA results are not as easily demonstrable as say an apple falling to the ground.   /talk/ "