He noted that the contemporary fascination with pseudoscience tends to displace news about real science in the media, has a negative impact on public support for science, and is a financial drain which often can destroy families and present health hazards. He then listed warning signs which indicate when a form of pseudoscience is being presented. Show an indifference to valid criteria of evidence. Rely on publicizing a quantity of experiences rather than some kind of verifiable evidence Often employ conspiratorial claims and language. Pseudoscience, unlike legitimate science, does not progress.
Mystery is a permanent feature.
Whereas the accumulated body of scientific knowledge increases, pseudoscientific information does not. Pseudoscience also invents a vocabulary which appropriates scientific language, but without using the methodology of science. Items of belief such as matter transmitters, ESP, lost civilizations, vibrations, parallel worlds, invisibility, time travel and more all can be found in that style of writing. He also discussed quack claims in the field of health. Quacks claim gentle, trivial regimens which always help, and never supposedly fail.