[WikiEN-l] SPOV threatens NPOV

Sam Korn smoddy at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 18:23:24 UTC 2005


On 12/12/05, David Gerard <fun at thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
> stevertigo wrote:
> > Translation: "Its not the dark ages anymore, so
> > everyone should just accept SPOV as the One True POV."
> > Hrmph.
> So what term do you suggest for the thing that is currently usefully
> described by the word "pseudoscience"?

You state that some people (preferably citing) call it pseudoscience,
and then describe what the term means.  This explains why a category
"Pseudoscience" is a bad idea.  "Concepts labelled pseudoscientific"
is far better, if more wordy, if such a category is really necessary.

--
Sam



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