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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. Another example is evolution. If a fossil appears out of place in the fossil record (which has never happened), the whole theory of evolution would crumple.
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]]
*[[Creationism]]
*[[Big Bang]] astronomy
*Much of the work of [[Richard Dawkins]]<ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/send-clowns-–-richard-dawkins-obliges</ref><ref>http://creation.com/the-greatest-hoax-on-earth/main.php</ref> (see: [[Richard Dawkins and pseudoscience]])
*Climatology
*[[Darwinism]]
*[[Dianetics]]
*[[Dianetics]]
*[[Dominionism]]
*[[Dominionism]]
*[[Environmentalism]]
*[[Environmentalism]]
<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>
*[[Free Energy]]
*[[Free Energy]]
*[[Graphology]]
*[[Graphology]]
*[[Global warming]]
*Much of the work of [[Stephen Hawking]]
*[[Homeopathy]]
*[[Homeopathy]]
*[[Iridology]]
*[[Iridology]]
*[[Mesmerism]]
*[[Mesmerism]]
*Much of the work of [[PZ Myers]]<ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/pz-myers-pseudoscienceblogscom</ref>
*Much of the work of [[PZ Myers]]<ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/pz-myers-pseudoscienceblogscom</ref>
*[[Old earth]] geology
*[[Orgone therapy]]
*[[Orgone therapy]]
*[[Parapsychology]]
*[[Parapsychology]]
*[[Psychoanalysis]]
*[[Psychoanalysis]]
*[[Reflexology]]
*[[Reflexology]]
*[[Theory of Relativity|Relativity, Theory of]]
*Much of the work of [[Carl Sagan]]
*[[Transgenderism]]
*[[Transgenderism]]
*[[Ufology]]
*[[Ufology]]