{"id":762,"date":"2013-07-29T18:18:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.kadencethemes.com\/virtue-premium-4\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=164"},"modified":"2019-04-28T21:28:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T03:28:47","slug":"business-card-mockup","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/portfolio\/business-card-mockup\/","title":{"rendered":"Pseudoscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery77\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6545.jpg?fit=1512%2C2016\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6541.jpg?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6541.jpg?resize=800%2C800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6541.jpg?resize=400%2C400 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6541.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=400%2C400 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?fit=1512%2C2016\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?fit=1512%2C2016&#038;resize=400%2C400\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?resize=800%2C800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?resize=400%2C400 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_6544-1.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=400%2C400 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>Pseudoscience<\/b>\u00a0consists of statements,\u00a0beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be both scientific and factual, but are incompatible with the\u00a0scientific method.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Cover_Curd_1998_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or\u00a0unfalsifiable claims; reliance on\u00a0confirmation bias\u00a0rather than rigorous attempts at refutation; lack of openness to evaluation by other experts; and absence of systematic practices when developing theories, and continued adherence long after they have been experimentally discredited. The term\u00a0<i>pseudoscience<\/i>\u00a0is considered\u00a0pejorative <sup id=\"cite_ref-Freitsch_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>because it suggests something is being presented as science inaccurately or even deceptively. Those described as practicing or advocating pseudoscience often dispute the characterization.<sup id=\"cite_ref-SEP_section_SciPse_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0demarcation between science and pseudoscience has philosophical\u00a0and\u00a0scientific\u00a0implications.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Imre-Lakatos_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0Differentiating science from pseudoscience has practical implications in the case of\u00a0health care,\u00a0expert testimony,\u00a0environmental policies, and\u00a0science education. <sup id=\"cite_ref-Stanford-Demarcations_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>Distinguishing scientific facts and theories from pseudoscientific beliefs, such as those found in\u00a0astrology,\u00a0alchemy,\u00a0alternative medicine,\u00a0occult\u00a0beliefs,\u00a0religious beliefs, and\u00a0creation science, is part of science education and\u00a0scientific literacy.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Stanford-Demarcations_7-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-Hurd_8-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>(from Wikipedia &#8211; https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pseudoscience)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pseudoscience\u00a0consists of statements,\u00a0beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be both scientific and factual, but are incompatible with the\u00a0scientific method.\u00a0Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or\u00a0unfalsifiable claims; reliance on\u00a0confirmation bias\u00a0rather than rigorous attempts at refutation; lack of openness to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/portfolio\/business-card-mockup\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931,"menu_order":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"portfolio-type":[65],"class_list":["post-762","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-type-investigation"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyofsilence.wesworld.com\/ladyofsilence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-type?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}