pseudo science
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Millions of Angelenos flock to the newest, most luxurious and financially-aggressive pseudosciences in the name of health.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Still, Poe wasn't immune to quackery himself, finding trendy pseudosciences like phrenology and animal magnetism perfectly sensible.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2021
It also reflects Victorian England’s preoccupation with the pseudosciences of phrenology and physiognomy.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2016
These pseudosciences of the 19th- and early 20th-century were a “foundational moment for the colonial project,” says historian Noor Nieftagodien, head of the History Workshop at the University of the Witwatersrand.
From Scientific American • Oct. 23, 2015
Like many other pseudosciences, numerology is ancient, and acquires some respectability from its religious associations.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
