What is pseudoscience? Explain an example of pseudoscience.

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be both

scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method. Pseudoscience is often
characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or unfalsifiable claims; reliance on confirmation
bias rather than rigorous attempts at refutation; lack of openness to evaluation by other
experts; absence of systematic practices when developing hypotheses; and continued
adherence long after the pseudoscientific hypotheses have been experimentally discredited.
The term pseudoscience is considered pejorative, because it suggests something is being
presented as science inaccurately or even deceptively. Those described as practicing or
advocating pseudoscience often dispute the characterization.
The demarcation between science and pseudoscience has philosophical and scientific
implications. Differentiating science from pseudoscience has practical implications in the
case of health care, expert testimony, environmental policies, and science education.
Distinguishing scientific facts and theories from pseudoscientific beliefs, such as those found
in climate change denial, astrology, alchemy, alternative medicine, occult beliefs, religious
beliefs, and creation science, is part of science education and scientific literacy.
In short, pseudoscience may be called false science. The term is used to describe something
that may be reported or recorded as a product or real science, but actually there is no
connection to proper scientific methodology and cannot be proven realistically. Evidence
may be produced to support something, but it is not empirical evidence, which is evidence
collected by observation and experimentation.

Example of Pseudoscience, A common belief in society today that says the alignment of the
celestial bodies have some effect on the behavior or future of a person's life. The opposite, in
fact, has been proven with real science that the alignment of celestial bodies has no effect on
how people act or on their future.