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- noun   A 
practitioner ofpseudoscience . 
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The label pseudoscientist is commonly given to cranks and charlatans, who claim abnormal powers and abilities, but refuse to demonstrate them in objective, controlled, monitored environments.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Lukeywes1234 2010
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More accurately, the "pseudoscience" accusation puts forward the claim, important if true, that the pseudoscientist is using sophisticated, well-developed and superficially appealing rhetoric to give the appearance of scientific substance where none actually exists.
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He was not a pseudoscientist or a quack, but was the great figure of invertebrate biology he coined the word “invertebrate”
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So why do critics of ID/creationism spend 99+% of their time arguing “no designer needed for that,” which only gives the pseudoscientist opponent more “gaps” to play with and/or more quotes to mine?
Signature in the Cell: self-contradiction and repetition - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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He was not a pseudoscientist or a quack, but was the great figure of invertebrate biology he coined the word “invertebrate”
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He was not a pseudoscientist or a quack, but was the great figure of invertebrate biology he coined the word “invertebrate”
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I am not sure what pseudoscientist you are referring to†¦ but the real scientist – myself included – will tell you that global warming is real and the effect that it is has on many wildlife populations is real as well†¦ real shitty!
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Only a pseudoscientist would shy away from testing her/his hypothesis!
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Only a pseudoscientist would shy away from testing her/his hypothesis!
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Just one more pseudoscientist in the pocket of larger interests.
Gary Taubes responds to George Bray | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
 
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