Science is a logical movement carried on by humans. It is designed to discover information about the natural world in which humans live and to discover the ways in which this information can be organized into meaningful patterns. The most important mean of science is to collect facts/data. An ultimate purpose of science is to distinguish the order that exists involving and surrounding by the various facts. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research.
Pseudoscience is a body of knowledge, methodology, belief, or practice that is claimed or portrayed as scientific or made to appear scientifically. But pseudoscience does not adhere to the scientific method at all. It lacks supporting evidence or plausibility. Or in other words it lacks scientific status. Pseudoscience is any subject that appears superficially to be scientific but it breaks scientific laws and rules of testability requirements of the scientific method. Pseudoscience has been characterized by the use of vague, exaggerated or untestable claims, lack of openness to testing by other experts, and a lack of progress in theory development.
Scientific and some pseudo scientific methods of human science research employ the procedures of gathering data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and then sharing the knowledge gained with the scientific community. Science and pseudoscience use scientific data findings to interpret research questions. The major difference between scientific and pseudo scientific data interpretation is how the data is interpreted and reported as information.
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