Science and Pseudoscience

Današnjim vremenom vlada naivnost i lakovjerno razmišljanje. Pseudoznanost ili ''lažna znanost'' popularizira tvrdnje koje su nedokazane iako raspolažemo metodama oscjenjivanja istinitosti ili neistinitosti. Rad će prikazati da individualizam igra veliku ulogu, obzirom da se pojedinac vodi svojim interesom i gubi se povezanost između ljudi; gubi se međusobno povjerenje i povjerenje prema institucijama. Ljudi traže smisao i pravilnosti i pseudoznanost im to pruža. Religija, mitovi, magija i pseudoznanst daju jednostavne i utješne odgovore na pitanja smisla i morala. Pristup je individualan i čovjek ima osjećaj da je bliži pseudoznanosti nego znanosti. Nadalje, tehnologija i internet dio su svakodnevnice stoga će se rad dotaknuti i utjecaja interneta na pronalazak ''dokaza'' i nastanak popularnih teorija zavjera. Kroz primjere alternativne medicine, astrologije, kreacionizma i teorija zavjere, pokušat će se objasniti zašto je tolika rasprostranjenost pseudoznanosti; da li je pad popularnosti znanosti utjecao na rast popularnosti pseudoznanosti ili je situacija obrnuta.We can say that today's time is full of naive and gullible thinking. Pseudoscience or ''false science'' popularizes claims that are unproven even thought we have methods of obscuring truthfulness or inaccuracy. This work will show that individualism plays a great part, given that an individual leads to his own interest and the connection between people is lost; mutual trust and trust in institutions is lost. People seek meaning and signs , and pseudoscience provides them. Religion, myth, magic and pseudoscience give simple and comforting answers to questions of meaning and morals. Approach is individual and a person has a feeling of connection to pseudoscience more than science. Furthermore, technology and internet are a part of everyday life, so this work will also touch on if internet is affecting findings of ''evidence'' and developing of popular conspiracy theories. Through the examples of alternative medicine, astrology, creationism and conspiracy theories, we will try to explain why is pseudoscience so widespread; did the overturn in popularity of science affect the popularity of pseudoscience or vice versa