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Pathological science

Pathological science is an area of research where "people are tricked into false results ... by subjective effects, wishful thinking or threshold interactions." The term was coined by Irving Langmuir, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, during a 1953 colloquium at the Knolls Research Laboratory. Langmuir said a pathological science is an area of research that…

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Pathological science

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related to References · 56
Pathological science → An Update, Barkla, Bibcode, Biberian, Carroll, Case Study, Cold Fusion, Colloquium, Condensed Matter Nuclear Science, December, Department, Deviance, Doctoral, February, Forum, Geoff, Hall, IJNEST, Industrial Engineering, International Journal
related to Other examples · 11
Pathological science → Alexander Gurwitsch, Barnes, Columbia University, Extrasensory, Fred Allison, Langmuir, Mitogenetic, Professor Bergen Davis, Rhine, The Allison, The Davis
related to Cold fusion · 7
Pathological science → Although, Energy, In, Martin Fleischmann, Stanley Pons, Two, US Department
related to Definition · 7
Pathological science → Criticisms, Fantastic, Langmuir, Pathological, Some, The, There
related to N-rays · 7
Pathological science → Blondlot, He, In, Langmuir's, N-rays, Prosper-René Blondlot, X-rays
related to Newer examples · 4
Pathological science → Denis Rousseau, Jacques Benveniste's, Martin Fleischmann's, Since Langmuir's
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Pathological science → area of research that simply will not, area of research where
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Pathological sciencerelated to Cold fusionMartin Fleischmann0.60section

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