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What's your favorite pseudoscience? Personally, I enjoy the MBTI and astrology.

Also general personality type and possibly astrological sign discussion thread

>> No.8380214

>>8380206
Acupuncture and acupressure. Even did a shiatsu certification when I was younger.

>> No.8380217

as for pseudoscience, i enjoy reading about anthropogenic global warming

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8380223

Practical pseudoscience such as paleo-nutritionism and seduction evolutionist explanations.

>> No.8380224

>>8380206
pseudo threads warrant deletion
just like meta threads

>> No.8380229

>>8380224
Then why don't MODS just ban IQ threads?

>> No.8380245

>>8380217
What are you implying?

>> No.8380249

Psychometrics

>> No.8380254

>>8380249
This.

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>>8380254
Any online psychometric tools you could share?

>> No.8380276

>>8380261
Nope. It's my favourite pseudoscience because it's funny how people fall for it. ;^=)

>> No.8380282

Quantum computing desu

>> No.8380296

>>8380217
(You)

>> No.8380380

Parapsychology. Also interesting because some meta-analyses have resulted in significant results. http://www.deanradin.com/evidence/Bem2014.pdf

Too bad the effect (if it's even real and not a product of publication bias) is too small to study effectively and the methodology of most psychologists is already terrible.

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>>8380217
is your second favorite pseudoscience holocaust denial?

>> No.8380662

>>8380383
The holocaust is my favorite conspiracy theory.

>> No.8380673

>>8380206
Is carl munck's The code pseudoscientific?

>> No.8380675

>>8380206
Vaccination

>> No.8380679

>>8380206
>What's your favorite pseudoscience?
Mathematics.

>> No.8380689

>>8380206
String Theory

>> No.8380697

favourite pseudoscience is physics
its literally glorified philosophy and jerking off to abused math notation

>> No.8380701

>>8380697
My favorite pseudoscience is baitology

>> No.8380702

>>8380701
/x/ pls go

>> No.8380822

>>8380206
Flat Earth. That and anything to do with crystals/magnet being everything fixers.