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Created page with "'''Anti-science''' attitudes are criticisms of the institution of science as being totally unworthy and unreliable. In the extreme would be the position that wherever scientific ..."
'''Anti-science''' attitudes are criticisms of the institution of science as being totally unworthy and unreliable. In the extreme would be the position that wherever scientific findings disagree with religious ideas, science should routinely be disregarded because, for example, "the Bible is infallible".
On the other hand, it is not always ''anti-Science'' to question a particular scientific finding. Rather, it is the essence of the [[scientific method]] that every [[theory]] should be compared with the facts; if a theory makes a prediction which is found not to occur, most scientists would agree that the theory should be discarded or at least modified (see [[Falsification]]).
A theory which cannot be tested, or which its proponents refuse to submit to testing, would be considered [[pseudoscience]] (or [[junk science]]).
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On the other hand, it is not always ''anti-Science'' to question a particular scientific finding. Rather, it is the essence of the [[scientific method]] that every [[theory]] should be compared with the facts; if a theory makes a prediction which is found not to occur, most scientists would agree that the theory should be discarded or at least modified (see [[Falsification]]).
A theory which cannot be tested, or which its proponents refuse to submit to testing, would be considered [[pseudoscience]] (or [[junk science]]).
[[category:science]]