來自尼比魯的安魯那奇人:由撒迦利亞·西琴於他所編寫的《第十二個天體》提出,認為古代蘇美爾人的楔形文字表明,古代太空人(來自尼比魯的阿努纳奇安魯那奇人)曾做訪过地球,並通過遺傳學的技術創造了人類。他聲稱,那些文字告訴人們,X行星在矮行星冥王星以外。但學者們批評他的詮釋和資歷(他們注意到他沒有與猶太人語言相關的學位)。擁有與希伯來聖經和猶太語相關學位的邁克爾·S·海舍爾(英语:Michael S. Heiser),已向撒迦利亞挑戰,要其拿出證實他的說法的文字[8][9]。
替代医学,已遭科学界形容為偽科學的一个分类,国家科学基金会已進行了關於「科幻和偽科學」的「公眾態度和公眾理解」的調查,包括研究替代醫學的受歡迎程度。它認為「相信替代醫學」是一項令人關注的問題,其把替代醫學定義為「所有治療方法皆沒有通過現代科學方法證明」。其引述懷疑論者調查委員會(英语:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry)替代醫學列表後,認為当中許多屬偽科學,並提及到科學工作者、組織和科學決策團體成員所關注的問題,它評論說「儘管如此,替代醫學的受歡迎程度似乎在增加[66]……美國醫學院校中至少有60%課堂時間投入在替代療法的教學中,這在科學界引起一定爭議[66]。」有報告指,大學正在「越來越傾向於順勢療法和補充醫學,其为科學界所反對的『偽科學』學位[67] 。」学者形容替代醫學的學位為「偽科學學位[66][67][68]」、「反科學」以及「有害的」[69]。
先天的知能(英语:Innate intelligence):一种假想能量,一些脊骨神經醫學从業者認為它的責任是流動以維持患者的健康。花大部分时間研究脊骨神經醫學的臨床心理學家約瑟夫·基廷(英语:Joseph C. Keating Jr.)表示:「一直以來,我們的『一種原因,一種治療』这种說辭,我們應該預料到被更廣泛的健康科學界嘲笑。脊骨神經醫學不能兩者兼得。我們的理論不能同時教條式地構建生機論及科學化,帕爾默的知能的目的性、自覺性和剛性應予駁回[149]。」
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^The Universe At Your Fingertips Activity: Activities With Astrology. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. [2007-12-03]. (原始内容存档于2013-02-05). These activities help students to understand the difference between science and pseudoscience by investigating some of astrology's claims.
^Pollak 2002, "Belief in pseudoscience is relatively widespread... More than 25 percent of the public believes in astrology, that is, that the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives.
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^National Science Foundation. ch. 7. Science and Engineering Indicators. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. 2002 [2018-04-06]. ISBN 978-0-7567-2369-9. (原始内容存档于2016-06-16). Belief in pseudoscience is relatively widespread... A sizable minority of the public believes in UFOs and that aliens have landed on Earth.
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^Skarnulis, Leanna. Natural Vision Correction: Does It Work?. WebMD. 2007-02-05 [2016-08-04]. (原始内容存档于2017-08-01). No evidence was found that visual training had any effect on the progression of nearsightedness, or that it improved visual function for patients with farsightedness or astigmatism, or that it improved vision lost to diseases, including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, or diabetic retinopathy.
^Gardner, Martin. Chapter 19: Throw Away Your Glasses. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Courier Dover. 1957: 230–241. ISBN 0-486-20394-8. Actually, Bates' theory of accommodation (so necessary to explain the value of his exercises) is so patently absurd that even most of his present-day followers have discarded it.
^Carroll, Robert Todd. Biorhythms. Skeptic's Dictionary. [2008-02-21]. (原始内容存档于2016-08-19). The theory of biorhythms is a pseudoscientific theory that claims our daily lives are significantly affected by rhythmic cycles overlooked by scientists who study biological rhythms.
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^Brain Gym – FAQ. The Official Brain Gym Web Site. [2008-08-11]. (原始内容存档于2016-10-13). BRAIN GYM works by facilitating optimal achievement of mental potential through specific movement experiences. All acts of speech, hearing, vision, and coordination are learned through a complex repertoire of movements. BRAIN GYM promotes efficient communication among the many nerve cells and functional centers located throughout the brain and sensory motor system.
^Goswami, Usha. Neuroscience and education: from research to practice?. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. May 2006, 7 (5): 406–413 [2008-08-11]. PMID 16607400. doi:10.1038/nrn1907. (原始内容存档于2016-07-25). Cognitive neuroscience is making rapid strides in areas highly relevant to education. However, there is a gulf between current science and direct classroom applications. Most scientists would argue that filling the gulf is premature. Nevertheless, at present, teachers are at the receiving end of numerous 'brain-based learning' packages. Some of these contain alarming amounts of misinformation, yet such packages are being used in many schools.
^Sense About Science – Brain Gym(PDF). Sense About Science. [2008-04-11]. (原始内容存档于2009-11-22). These exercises are being taught with pseudoscientific explanations that undermine science teaching and mislead children about how their bodies work. ... There have been a few peer reviewed scientific studies into the methods of Brain Gym, but none of them found a significant improvement in general academic skills.
^Hyatt, Keith J. Brain Gym – Building Stronger Brains or Wishful Thinking?. Remedial and Special Education (SAGE Publications). April 2007, 28 (2): 117–124 [2008-09-12]. ISSN 0741-9325. doi:10.1177/07419325070280020201. (原始内容存档于2008-06-02). a review of the theoretical foundations of Brain Gym and the associated peer-reviewed research studies failed to support the contentions of the promoters of Brain Gym. Educators are encouraged to become informed consumers of research and to avoid implementing programming for which there is neither a credible theoretical nor a sound research basis.
^Gray, Sadie. News in brief. London: The Times. 2008-04-05 [2008-09-01]. (原始内容存档于2008-07-06). Paul Dennison, a Californian educator who created the programme, admitted that many claims in his teacher’s guide were based on his 'hunches' and were not proper science.
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^Homoeopathy's benefit questioned. BBC News. 2005-08-25 [2008-01-30]. (原始内容存档于2017-08-03). Professor Egger said: "We acknowledge to prove a negative is impossible. But good large studies of homeopathy do not show a difference between the placebo and the homoeopathic remedy, whereas in the case of conventional medicines you still see an effect."
^Homeopathy: systematic review of systematic reviews. Bandolier. [2008-01-30]. (原始内容存档于2008年5月26日). None of these systematic reviews provided any convincing evidence that homeopathy was effective for any condition. The lesson was often that the best designed trials had the most negative result
^Questions and Answers About Homeopathy. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. April 2003 [2008-01-30]. (原始内容存档于2016-07-31). In sum, systematic reviews have not found homeopathy to be a definitively proven treatment for any medical condition.
^Tyler, Chris. Sense About Homeopathy(PDF). Sense About Science. September 2006 [2008-01-29]. (原始内容(PDF)存档于2007年10月4日). The scientific evidence shows that homeopathy acts only as a placebo and there is no scientific explanation of how it could work any other way.
^Questions and Answers About Homeopathy. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. April 2003 [2008-01-30]. (原始内容存档于2016-07-31). a number of its key concepts do not follow the laws of science (particularly chemistry and physics)
^What is Homeopathy. American Cancer Society. 2000-01-05 [2008-01-30]. (原始内容存档于2008-01-20). Most scientists say homeopathic remedies are basically water and can act only as placebos.
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^Iridology. Natural Standard. 2005-07-07 [2008-02-01]. (原始内容存档于2010年8月24日). Research suggests that iridology is not an effective method to diagnose or help treat any specific medical condition.
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^National Science Foundation. 7. Science and Engineering Indicators – 2002. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. 2002 [2016-08-04]. ISBN 978-0-16-066579-0. (原始内容存档于2015-08-18). Among all who had heard of [magnet therapy], 14 percent said it was very scientific and another 54 percent said it was sort of scientific. Only 25 percent of those surveyed answered correctly, that is, that it is not at all scientific.
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^Wallace, Sampson; Vaughn, Lewis. "Therapeutic Touch" Fails a Rare Scientific Test. CSICOP News. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 1998-03-24 [2007-12-05]. (原始内容存档于2007-10-13). Despite this lack of evidence, TT is now supported by major nursing organizations such as the National League of Nurses and the American Nurses Association.
^Courcey, Kevin. Further Notes on Therapeutic Touch. Quackwatch. [2007-12-05]. (原始内容存档于2016-08-09). What's missing from all of this, of course, is any statement by Krieger and her disciples about how the existence of their energy field can be demonstrated by scientifically accepted methods.
^Energy Medicine: An Overview. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. 2007-10-24 [2007-12-05]. (原始内容存档于2016-05-22). neither the external energy fields nor their therapeutic effects have been demonstrated convincingly by any biophysical means.
^ 232.0232.1Mann, Felix. Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine.. London: Butterworth Heinemann,. 1996: 14. ...acupuncture points are no more real than the black spots that a drunkard sees in front of his eyes.
^ 244.0244.1NIH Consensus statement: "Despite considerable efforts to understand the anatomy and physiology of the 'acupuncture points', the definition and characterization of these points remains controversial. Even more elusive is the basis of some of the key traditional Eastern medical concepts such as the circulation of Qi, the meridian system, and the five phases theory, which are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information but continue to play an important role in the evaluation of patients and the formulation of treatment in acupuncture." Acupuncture. National Institutes of Health: Consensus Development Conference Statement, 3–5 November 1997. Available online at consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). Retrieved 30 January 2007.
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^Randi, James. An Important Appeal. James Randi Educational Foundation. 2004-07-16 [2007-11-17]. (原始内容(newsletter)存档于2004年7月17日). This is a total quack procedure that has actually killed children.
^American Psychological Association Board of Social and Ethical Responsibility for Psychology (BSERP). Memorandum. CESNUR: APA Memo of 1987 with Enclosures. CESNUR Center for Studies on New Religions. 1987-05-11 [2008-11-18]. (原始内容存档于2008-09-24). BSERP thanks the Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Methods of Persuasion and Control for its service but is unable to accept the report of the Task Force. In general, the report lacks the scientific rigor and evenhanded critical approach necessary for APA imprimatur.
^Barry Beyerstein Q&A. Ask the Scientists. Scientific American Frontiers. [2008-02-22]. (原始内容存档于2015-04-05). they simply interpret the way we form these various features on the page in much the same way ancient oracles interpreted the entrails of oxen or smoke in the air. I.e., it's a kind of magical divination or fortune telling where 'like begets like.'
^The use of graphology as a tool for employee hiring and evaluation. British Columbia Civil Liberties Union. 1988 [2008-02-22]. (原始内容存档于2008年2月17日). On the other hand, in properly controlled, blind studies, where the handwriting samples contain no content that could provide non-graphological information upon which to base a prediction (e.g., a piece copied from a magazine), graphologists do no better than chance at predicting the personality traits
^Thomas, John A. Graphology Fact Sheet. North Texas Skeptics. 2002 [2008-02-22]. (原始内容存档于2016-11-12). In summary, then, it seems that graphology as currently practiced is a typical pseudoscience and has no place in character assessment or employment practice. There is no good scientific evidence to justify its use, and the graphologists do not seem about to come up with any.
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