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== Falsifiability ==

== Falsifiability ==

The most cited element of scientific theory is [[falsifiability]], established by [[philosopher]] [[Karl Popper]].  A falsifiable theory makes predictions, which can be used to test it.  Thus, the theory of gravity is falsifiable, as it predicts that an apple held above the ground and released will fall.  If it fails the test, it is discarded, and if it passes, it is not proven, but better supported.  The [[Theory of Evolution]] was famously called unfalsifiable, and thus unscientific, but Karl Popper, as it makes no concrete predictions.

The most cited element of scientific theory is [[falsifiability]], established by [[philosopher]] [[Karl Popper]].  A falsifiable theory makes predictions, which can be used to test it.  Thus, the theory of gravity is falsifiable, as it predicts that an apple held above the ground and released will fall.  If it fails the test, it is discarded, and if it passes, it is not proven, but better supported.

== Disproven science ==

== Disproven science ==

*[[Animal magnetism]]

*[[Animal magnetism]]

*[[Astrology]]

*[[Astrology]]

*[[Immanuel Velikovsky|Catastrophism]]

*[[Chiropractic]] (except for lower back pain)

*[[Dianetics]]

*[[Dianetics]]

*[[Evolution|Evolutionary biology]]<ref>http://www.icr.org/home/resources/resources_tracts_scientificcaseagainstevolution/</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/origins/04004.htm</ref><ref>http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwinism/there-is-no-theory-of-evolution/</ref> <ref>http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/PoE/pe05scnc.html</ref><ref>http://www.parentcompany.com/science_kit/sk3b.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/rr/reprints/Evolution-Fact-or-Theory.pdf</ref>

*[[Evolution|Evolutionary biology]]<ref>http://www.icr.org/home/resources/resources_tracts_scientificcaseagainstevolution/</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/origins/04004.htm</ref><ref>http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwinism/there-is-no-theory-of-evolution/</ref> <ref>http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/PoE/pe05scnc.html</ref><ref>http://www.parentcompany.com/science_kit/sk3b.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/rr/reprints/Evolution-Fact-or-Theory.pdf</ref>

*[[Psychoanalysis]]

*[[Psychoanalysis]]

*[[Reflexology]]

*[[Reflexology]]

*[[Ufology]]

*[[Ufology]]