Winnowing the Chaff of Charlatanism from the Wheat of Science

Experts and lay people alike can sometimes find it difficult to demarcate the absurd. Here I propose a set of criteria that may be helpful in achieving this in the realm of healthcare: falsifiability, plausibility and some hallmarks of pseudoscience. Applying this method is unlikely to be fool-proof...

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Autor principal: Ernst, E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19202162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen089
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description Experts and lay people alike can sometimes find it difficult to demarcate the absurd. Here I propose a set of criteria that may be helpful in achieving this in the realm of healthcare: falsifiability, plausibility and some hallmarks of pseudoscience. Applying this method is unlikely to be fool-proof but it might be a valuable aid in discriminating credible from incredible health claims.
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spelling pubmed-28923562011-05-02 Winnowing the Chaff of Charlatanism from the Wheat of Science Ernst, E. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Commentary Experts and lay people alike can sometimes find it difficult to demarcate the absurd. Here I propose a set of criteria that may be helpful in achieving this in the realm of healthcare: falsifiability, plausibility and some hallmarks of pseudoscience. Applying this method is unlikely to be fool-proof but it might be a valuable aid in discriminating credible from incredible health claims. Oxford University Press 2010-12 2009-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2892356/ /pubmed/19202162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen089 Text en The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
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