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pseudoscience
claims about the natural world

Pseudoscientific claims are claims about nature that are dubious.

Phylogeny of WooWoo (v 1.2)

1. [Theology]
  1. [Immortality]
    1. [soul of dead goes elsewhere]
    2. [soul of dead goes into another body]
    3. [soul of dead hangs around]
    4. [soul of living can leave body]
    5. [soul of dead merges with others]
  2. [Purpose]
    1. [creator]
    2. [guidance]
  3. [Control]
    1. [blessings and curses]
    2. [reward and punishment]
 2. [Pseudosciences]
  1. [scientific errors]
  2. [extraterrestrial life]
  3. [unclassified terrestrial life]
  4. [pseudophysics]
    1. [free energy]
    2. [undetectable energy or forces]
  5. [powers]
    1. [psychokinesis]
    2. [telepathy]
    3. [clairvoyance]
    4. [psychometry]
    5. [precognition]
  6. [health]
    1. [questionable diagnoses]
    2. [questionable treatments]
    3. [natural is healthy]
  7. [pseudopsychology]
    1. [suppressed memory]
    2. [questionable personality tests / lie detectors]
  8. [nature / nurture extremism]
 3. [Pseudohumanities]
  1. [world domination conspiracies]
  2. [cover-up conspiracies]
  3. [urban legends]
  4. [historical revisionism]


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