In 1989, two scientists, Pons and Fleishmann called a press conference to announce their discovery of cold fusion. They skipped the usual peer-review process, went straight to the media, and then straight to Congress seeking millions of dollars to support their research. Fortunately, before they received a dollar of our money, other scientists around the world checked their original work and showed that it was incorrect and irreproducible. Pons and Fleishmann skirted the established scientific community in a rush for research money, and they were wrong. Pseudoscience Pseudoscience is work that is deliberately passed off as scientific but does not meet the requirements for science.
Examples are creationism, astrology, belief crystal power, reincarnation, etc.
Formulate testable hypotheses Reevaluate assumptions and dogma The way to smoke out junk science and pseudoscience is to think critically and demand answers to your questions.