Question

Which of the following is most likely pseudoscience?

A. A salesman describes how sickness is caused when your body’s energy is not flowing properly and his wristbands help balance your energies.

B. A scientific journal explains the procedure of an experiment to determine the density of Earth’s layers by detecting changes in the speed of waves passing through them.

C. The Environmental Protection Agency publishes weekly updates on the radiation levels at various beaches and warns vacationers not to sunbathe without using sunscreen.

D. A doctor recommends an antibiotic to cure an infection.

Answer 1

Answer- A. A salseman describes how sickness is caused when your body's energy is flowing properly and his wristbands help balance your energies.

Explanation- This given condition describes pseudoscience which consists of statements, beliefs or practices that are supposed to be both factual and scientific but that are incompatible with the scientific method. In this example salesman tells about scientific statement that sickness is caused when body's energy is not flowing properly and another statement of salseman has factual belief that his wristbands balance your energies. So that this statement most likely shows pseudoscience.