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I think the term psuedoscience has been shifted to mean things like snake oil and alternative medicines. While that doesn't apply to this case, I think we can s
by xmprt 5y ago
I think the term psuedoscience has been shifted to mean things like snake oil and alternative medicines. While that doesn't apply to this case, I think we can still call this psuedoscience. It's trying to make scientific-ish claims without any of the rigor behind science.
It's like if your mom told you that turmeric powder works great to cure certain ailments and then 5 years later a study comes out which proves her right. Mom's cure was still psuedoscience until the research is actually done.
- alisonkisk 5y agoPseudoscience is false, wrong science. Anecdotes and folk wisdom are quasiscience -- partial science.
- supersrdjan 5y agoThe author, by the way, has a separate explanation about why he promotes pseudoscience: https://supermemo.guru/wiki/SuperMemo_Guru_promotes_pseudoscience https://supermemo.guru/wiki/SuperMemo_Guru_promotes_pseudosc...
- xmprt 5y agoWow. This guy has all the hallmarks of a self-proclaimed guru. Spouting psuedoscience while giving a bunch of excuses for why his psuedoscience is valid in case any detractors come for him.
- zepto 5y agoThat’s not what he’s doing.
- supersrdjan 5y agoWow. That's an uncharitable interpretation. The way I see it it's just a guy sharing his ideas on his personal website while making it clear that the ideas are not to be taken as scientific claims.
- Jtsummers 5y agohttps://supermemo.guru/wiki/Guru https://supermemo.guru/wiki/Guru From there: > I am no guru, but when .guru domains became available, my colleagues suggested that only I could own that domain. We bought supermemo.guru in February 2014, and I accepted the position of the guru on the understanding that the world of SuperMemo is so specialist that it may indeed be hard to find a better SuperMemo Guru.