{"id":31202,"date":"2017-08-23T01:08:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T01:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidethegoblinuniverse.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/23\/is-cryptozoology-a-pseudoscience\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T01:12:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T01:12:24","slug":"is-cryptozoology-a-pseudoscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethegoblinuniverse.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/23\/is-cryptozoology-a-pseudoscience\/","title":{"rendered":"IS CRYPTOZOOLOGY A PSEUDOSCIENCE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some thoughts from Ye Editor.Ye Editor (Ronan Coghlan)As your scud through the Internet or read generally, you will sometimes see cryptozoology described as a pseudoscience. &nbsp;One has to ask if this is a fair description and, if not, why not.The word pseudoscience means a false science or, to put it another way, fake knowledge. This is a rather unkind way of describing it. &nbsp;I would define cryptozoology as investigation into the possible truth of animals whose existence is uncertain. &nbsp;This hardly amounts to fake knowledge senso strictu. &nbsp;Fake knowledge refers to things which are definitely not true. &nbsp;The creatures investigated by cryptozoologists are hypothetical creatures, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that trying to find out if they exist is in itself<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cfz-usa.blogspot.com\/2017\/08\/is-cryptozoology-pseudoscience.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">source: CFZ-USA<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some thoughts from Ye Editor.Ye Editor (Ronan Coghlan)As your scud through the Internet or read generally, you will sometimes see cryptozoology described as a pseudoscience. &nbsp;One has to ask if this is a fair description and, if not, why not.The word pseudoscience means a false science or, to put it another way, fake knowledge. 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