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The impact of pseudoscientific ideas 41.115.108.76 (talk) 16:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's a legitimate topic. Have you checked the History of pseudoscience article? That's where we cover that topic. This is just a list article. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:12, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if the mention of Popper's views having been criticized is unwarranted. Almost all of these things being classified as pseudoscience are criticized by their proponents, and it'd be one thing if scientific publications were publishing these complaints, but it's entirely philosophy outlets or an "in-universe" so to speak communist journal. I'm going to remove them because as detailed in WP:FRINGE those aren't really the sources Wikipedia should be using on if something is considered pseudoscientific or not. XeCyranium (talk) 03:37, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lunar effect on humans anb living beings have several scientific studies to avail, it makes no sense to mark it as pseudoscience would be like tampering science itself 2806:106E:1C:3032:940D:9B46:3679:2CC6 (talk) 16:28, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 18:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think what the editor is trying to say is that there is some evidence that some human behavior is affected by the lunar cycle e.g. increased epileptic episodes, motorcycle accidents, and sleep disorders. (per the Lunar effect article.)

Of course that doesn't mean there's not a whole bunch of pseudoscience attached to the topic so simply removing the entry would seem to be an overreaction. Perhaps we could be more circumspect in our synopsis, something similar to the wording at the List of common misconceptions:

The phase of the Moon does not influence fertility, cause a fluctuation in crime, or affect the stock market. There is no correlation between the lunar cycle and human biology or behavior. However, the increased amount of illumination during the full moon may account for increased epileptic episodes, motorcycle accidents, or sleep disorders.

Mr. Swordfish (talk) 20:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From what I have read about the Khazar hypothesis, the theory appears to be widely discredited, with (as quoted from the article) genetic studies finding no real evidence of a Khazar origin among Ashkenazi Jews.

Give that the theory has been used by some groups Aum Shinrikyo and Black Hebrew Israelites to support their antisemitic views, I think that placing the hypothesis on this list is important. JooneBug37 (talk) 21:56, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The criteria is "notability".. (that this has been called a pseudoscience)..."should be established at the main article". Is that present? Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 23:00, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The main article's categories include "pseudohistory" and its See Also section includes a link to this article. The article also emphasized that the hypothesis was not taken seriously by geneticists anymore. However, the article's main body does not include the word "pseudoscience."

Would this still count as "being established at the main article?" JooneBug37 (talk) 03:05, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles topics do not need the word "pseudoscience" to appear in the body to be listed here. It just needs to be described as such. Khazar hypothesis seems to have that description. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 21:03, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet! I will add the Khazar hypothesis to the article. JooneBug37 (talk) 01:23, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Add expanding Earth, now considered to be pseudoscience as per this source. 132.181.47.1 (talk) 21:38, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]