Editing Pseudoscience (section)

===Mertonian norms===
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During 1942, [[Robert K. Merton]] identified a set of five "norms" which characterize real science. If any of the norms were violated, Merton considered the enterprise to be non-science. His norms were:
* Originality: The tests and research done must present something new to the scientific community.
* Detachment: The scientists' reasons for practicing this science must be simply for the expansion of their knowledge. The scientists should not have personal reasons to expect certain results.
* Universality: No person should be able to more easily obtain the information of a test than another person. Social class, religion, ethnicity, or any other personal factors should not be factors in someone's ability to receive or perform a type of science.
* Skepticism: Scientific facts must not be based on faith. One should always question every case and argument and constantly check for errors or invalid claims.
* Public accessibility: Any scientific knowledge one obtains should be made available to everyone. The results of any research should be published and shared with the scientific community.<ref name="Paradigms Lost">{{cite book|last=Casti|first=John L.|author-link=John Casti|title=Paradigms lost: tackling the unanswered mysteries of modern science|year=1990|publisher=Avon Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-380-71165-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/paradigmslost00jlca/page/51 51–52]|edition=1st|url=https://archive.org/details/paradigmslost00jlca/page/51}}</ref>