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  2. Pseudohistory - Wikipedia

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    The term pseudohistory was coined in the early nineteenth century, which makes the word older than the related terms pseudo-scholarship and pseudoscience. [4] In an attestation from 1815, it is used to refer to the Contest of Homer and Hesiod, a purportedly historical narrative describing an entirely fictional contest between the Greek poets Homer and Hesiod. [5]

  3. Pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    Dismissing the separate issue of intentional fraud – such as the Fox sisters' "rappings" in the 1850s [23] – the pejorative label pseudoscience distinguishes the scientific ' us ', at one extreme, from the pseudo-scientific ' them ', at the other, and asserts that ' our ' beliefs, practices, theories, etc., by contrast with that of ' the ...

  4. History of pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    The history of pseudoscience is the study of pseudoscientific theories over time. A pseudoscience is a set of ideas that presents itself as science, while it does not meet the criteria to properly be called such. [1] [2] Distinguishing between proper science and pseudoscience is sometimes difficult.

  5. Fringe theory - Wikipedia

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    In a narrower sense, the term fringe theory is commonly used as a pejorative, roughly synonymous with the term pseudo-scholarship. Precise definitions that make distinctions between widely held viewpoints, fringe theories, and pseudo-scholarship are difficult to construct because of the demarcation problem.

  6. Rejection of evolution by religious groups - Wikipedia

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    John T. Scopes accepted, and confessed to teaching his Tennessee class evolution in defiance of the Butler Act, using the textbook by George William Hunter: A Civic Biology: Presented in Problems (1914). The trial, widely publicized by H. L. Mencken among others, is commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial. The court convicted Scopes ...

  7. Category:Pseudohistory - Wikipedia

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    About Category:Pseudohistory and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about Pseudohistory, which may be a contentious label The main article for this category is Pseudohistory .

  8. Western Pseudohistory Theory - Wikipedia

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    The term "Western Pseudohistory Theory" (simplified Chinese: 西方伪史论; traditional Chinese: 西方偽史論; pinyin: Xīfāng wěi shǐ lùn) is a catch-all term referring to a series of Russian inspired Chinese fringe theories that question the authenticity of Western history, and which generally hold that the histories of ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, and ancient Rome contain a large ...

  9. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science - Wikipedia

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    These psychological traits are in varying degrees demonstrated throughout the remaining chapters of the book, in which Gardner examines particular "fads" he labels pseudo-scientific. His writing became the source book from which many later studies of pseudo-science were taken (e.g. Encyclopedia of Pseudo-science).