So how are you supposed to tell what's science and what's pseudoscience?

那么，你该如何分辨什么是科学，什么是科学呢？

In those days, many intelligent people were won over by the pseudoscience of phrenology.

当年，很多聪明都被颅学这一科学说服了。

In the worst cases, pseudoscience practitioners encourage this confusion to exploit people.

最坏的情况是奉行科学的把它作为获利的手段。

But pseudoscience often ignores or denies this shared pool of data.

但科学总会无视或不承认公共的数据库。

But even when they're well-intentioned, pseudoscience still prevents people from getting the help they need.

即便本身出于好意，信科学仍然妨碍了们接受正确的治疗。

When you look underneath the algorithmic hood we see a lot of pseudoscience and Silicon Valley snake oil.

如果你透过算法的迷雾去看，我们会看到很多科学和硅谷的狗皮膏药。

The answer is that homeopathy is a pseudoscience — a collection of theories, methods, and assumptions that appear scientific, but aren't.

答案就是顺势疗法是科学——一大堆看似符合科学的理论、方法、假设，但并无依据。

Why do I even waste my time watching Frank James pedal this personality pseudoscience?

为什么我还要浪费时间看弗兰克詹姆斯踩着这个科学？

Fortunately, there are other factors we can use to identify pseudoscience, including how a field responds to criticism.

所幸我们还能通过其他因素鉴别科学，包括这个领域是否接受批评。

And even in cases where this might seem harmless, legitimizing pseudoscience can impede genuine scientific progress.

即使有些时候这看似并无大碍，使科学合法化也会阻碍真正的科学进步。

Eventually, phrenology was dismissed as a cult pseudoscience because it turns out your cranial contours tell us exactly nothing about what's happening inside the brain.

最终，颅学被驳回作为 崇拜科学，因为事实证明你的颅骨轮廓介绍一下究竟什么 发生的事情在大脑中。

Some, such as Wiggins, have blasted Cope's work as pseudoscience, and condemned him for his deliberately vague explanation of how the software worked.

一些，例如 Wiggins， 抨击 Cope 的工作是科学，并谴责他对软件工作原理的故意模糊解释。

Now, neoliberal economic theory has sold itself to you as unchangeable natural law, when in fact it's social norms and constructed narratives based on pseudoscience.

现在， 新自由主义经济理论已经把自己当作不变的自然法则卖给你，而实际上它是基于科学的社会规范和建构的叙事。