Retrieving "Selective Memory" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

  1. Pseudoscience

    Linked via "selective memory"

    The demarcation problem—distinguishing science from pseudoscience—remains central to the philosophy of science. Karl Popper's criterion of falsifiability is frequently invoked; a scientific theory must be refutable through observation or experiment. Pseudoscientific claims often appear structured in a manner that makes them inherently unfalsifiable, frequently incorporating ad hoc hypotheses to explain away contradictory evidence, or relying on [confirmation bias](/entrie…