[WikiEN-l] A Friendly Challenge to Sheldon Rampton

[Daniel Ehrenberg]

So whether or not somehting is "science" or "pseudoscience" depends on the 
context, not the content?

>My impression of "pseudoscience", admittedly rather subjective, is that it 
>doesn't ever bother to cite facts. Its hypotheses simply *must* be true. 
>"Junk science", by contrast, does cite facts but does so selectively, 
>deliberately *ignoring* facts which contradict its hypotheses.
>
>I would love it, if someone would expand the Wikipedia articles on 
>pseudoscience and junk science, in a scrupulously neutral way.
>
>For example, the [[global warming]] article has never clarified the 
>relationship (if any) among solar activity, carbon dioxide levels, and 
>observation of temperature at sea level, the lower atmosphere, and the 
>upper atmosphere. Someone who knows what has been observed, and which 
>observations have been deliberately hidden or ignored, could make a great 
>contribution here.
>
>I think Sheldon is the best-qualified person to do this, as he has the most 
>facts at his command.
>
>Uncle Ed
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