Anything like this that is labeled "Pseudoscience" is simply a thing that is simply misunderstood or not understood at all.
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023
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That's not entirely true. It's meant to categorize fields of study which try to pass themselves off as scientific, that is to say that they follow the scientific method. To call something pseudoscientific is to say that they aren't following the scientific method. Fields of study which rely a lot on biases, exaggerated claims, are lacking rigorous attempts of refutation, etc. fall into this category.
I was being specific to this claim of pseudoscience; which seems to be based on the fact that we don't have any other verifiable facts and instead it attacks the theory as pseudoscience despite there being no other prevailing proof of harms like biases, claims and lacking refutation.
Yeah I mean I think they're just taking issue with the breadth or scope of what they're measuring and worried that by calling things conscious which people don't typically think of as conscious, they'd make people doubt the scientific rigor of the field. I don't think it justifies calling it pseudoscience so much as the early stages of hypothesis or looking to expand the colloquial or vernacular definitions of consciousness. To anyone who's worried about that, I'd suggest that they talk with modern physicists because everything we know has gotten extremely weird in the last few decades as we've struggling with a lot of weird conundrums about what reality even is.
Very well put indeed, IMO.
So you're saying homeopathy is just something we don't understand? Or astrology? Seems like you don't understand how the scientific method works.
Do not put words into my mouth. I already clarified my position to make clear that it applies to this specific instance
The amount of spiritualist woo concerned with "consciousness" has already tainted the entire field, they dont need to worry about that