Why people create Pseudo Science?
Why people create Pseudo Science? There are quite a few different reasons why people create pseudo science claims / beliefs. 1. Creators who want to sell stuffs One of the obvious reasons is to benefit from people who are lazy (or lack of critical thinking). Many people take the mental shortcut and believe comments from experts or reputable source , like various Science forum without a second thought. For example, someone create pseudo science claim like magnetic wristbands improve your sporting performance in order to sell their stuffs. 2. Creators who want to cover up their mistakes so they can look good The other group of pseudo science creators are not for any "tangible" reason. They don't get a cent by promoting the questionable claims they created. Then why they still created pseudo science claims? Most of the time, they just made a mistake when they made such claims initially (due to mistake or mis-understanding of certain concepts). However due to