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Unmasking "scientifical" claims, sham inquiry, and science imposters in popular culture. A column by Sharon Hill.

“Scientific”: It’s just a catchphrase!

“Scientific”: It’s just a catchphrase!

by Sharon Hill
Sounds Sciencey
January 17, 2012

Science is all these things: a process, a way of looking at a topic, a community, an infrastructure, a career, a set of results, an authority, and more. We can use the word in many ways. That means it can be abused in many ways as well.