Here's pretty good site that differentiates science from pseudoscience.
Here's pretty good site that differentiates skepticism from
pseudoskepticism :
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Pathological_skepticism The following are typical characteristics of
pseudoskepticism :
Characteristics of Pseudoskepticism- The tendency to deny, rather than doubt
- Double standards in the application of criticism
- The making of judgments without full inquiry
- Tendency to discredit, rather than investigate
- Use of ridicule or ad hominem attacks
- Presenting insufficient evidence or proof
- Pejorative labeling of proponents as 'promoters', 'pseudo-scientists' or practitioners of 'pathological science.'
- Assuming criticism requires no burden of proof
- Making unsubstantiated counter-claims
- Counter-claims based on plausibility rather than empirical evidence
- Suggesting that unconvincing evidence is grounds for dismissing it
- Tendency to dismiss all evidence
- Resorting to logical fallacies in order to justify rejecting the position or argument of another.
- Claim that science already knows everything, and since it doesn't include the evidence od subject, subject can't exist. Such stance is often referred to as scientism.
- Assuming unverified or incorrect facts to justify a predetermined skeptical conclusion.
- Obfuscating easily verifiable facts to justify a predetermined skeptical conclusion.
- Instituting hurdles against new theories by "moving the goalposts".
- Displaying a reactionary, hostile and intolerant stance regarding new ideas.
- Judging a hypothesis or theory without investigation and insisting on ignoring the details thereafter
- Organized Skepticism tends to become automatically pathological
