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- noun uncountable, pejorative Assertions that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific support.
- noun countable, pejorative A cluster of assertions, publications, and experts that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of a scientific specialty.
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hernesheir commented on the word junk science
All science is junk science, which is why reports of the moon landing and discovery of Penicillin should be discarded along with the concepts of gravity, inheritance, evolution, advances in neonatology, oncology and pretty much everything connected to climate science, physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology.
January 20, 2010