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The Brouhaha Over Consciousness and “Pseudoscience” — John Horgan (The Science Writer) (johnhorgan.org)

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[–] blindsight 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Completely agreed. Quantum Woo is all over, and being used as "evidence" to support all sorts of unscientific bullshit.

But what makes it so insidious is that, to many laymen, it sounds scientific. Quantum Woo peddlers deliberately use confusing terminology to make their ideas sound profound and scientific.