Science is the reason we live so well in the 21st century. Woo is what held it back for so long

[NuclearDem]

32. No! A thousand times no!

Something that can be investigated through the scientific method through observation, testing, and further independent testing is in no manner "woo." Not having all the answers to certain questions in a field doesn't make that field woo. Manned space travel was largely untested before the Apollo program, but that doesn't make astrophysics "woo." That made it a field of science that needed further investigation.

Woo is making a claim without backing of research done through the scientific method (proper testing and observation, peer review, independent study). Pseudoscience fields search solely for evidence that confirms their hypotheses, rather than working on ways to find holes in them. They instead direct this energy towards finding holes in other people's hypotheses, working within a false dichotomy that if they can simply cast enough doubt on an established hypothesis, then they will be the only one left. When actual scientists in comparative fields do independent testing of pseudoscientific claims and find holes in a hypothesis (which is the whole point of the scientific community and peer review), pseudoscience pushers simply claim the existence of a conspiracy against their field, and say their discoveries are "dangerous" to the "dogmatic" mainstream science establishment.

Look at creationism versus evolution. Creationism is pseudoscience. Evolution is science. If you see supposed scientists making claims and operating similarly to creationists, then you've got a pseudoscience on your hands.

Furthermore, if you see the phrase "scientifically proven", that's an instant red flag. That's a nonsensical statement.