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noun
Practices which have the appearance of being scientific, but do not actually follow the scientific method.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Broader terms: pseudoscience
History
Coined by American physicist Richard Feynman in 1974 in his commencement address at Caltech, in reference to cargo cults.
