I just wanted to ask you about a some issues that i've been working on that i think may be insoluble. How would a scientific community address the hard problem of consciousness, free will and determinism? Where the universe came from, why there's something rather than nothing? I mean, these are stillviable issues that t we're concerned about, who conducts science,. What authority should we trust?
Everyone has heard of the term “pseudoscience”, typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella — astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields “pseudo” is a far more complex issue. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements — both of which display allegations of “pseudoscience” on all sides — there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation. Shermer and Gordin explore the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation.