The inability to benefit from feedback appears to be the primary cause
of pseudoscience. Pseudoscientists retain their beliefs and
ignore or distort contradictory evidence rather than modify or reject
a flawed theory. Because of their strong biases, they seem to lack
the self-correcting mechanisms scientists must employ in their work.
-- Thomas L. Creed, "The Skeptical Inquirer," Summer 1987
of pseudoscience. Pseudoscientists retain their beliefs and
ignore or distort contradictory evidence rather than modify or reject
a flawed theory. Because of their strong biases, they seem to lack
the self-correcting mechanisms scientists must employ in their work.
-- Thomas L. Creed, "The Skeptical Inquirer," Summer 1987
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