In today's complex society science coexists with its opposite, the so-call pseudoscience, understood as false knowledge. The difficulty of defining the term lies in the heterogeneity of their practices. The concept encompasses disparate activities from drugs or fad diets, to astrology or tarot, through more sophisticated as homeopathy.

The FCT-13-7145 project "Creation and development of a virtual space dedicated to informa about  pseudoscience", funded by the Spanish Federation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and competitiveness,  was born from the desire to avoid poisoning of public opinion. To this end, the project proposes the development of a taxonomy of pseudoscience that typifies its many manifestations. The most important obstacle for combating pseudoscience is primarily to understand it. For this, an exercise of delimitation and classification is needed since the term serves as an umbrella concept that encompasses a whole range of practices and phenomena.

The main objective of the project is to alert society to the series of dangers arising from pseudoscience. The project wishes alleviate unmet social need and central importance. Pseudoscience propagated thanks to the ignorance and doubts that it generates. The project offers the public a free and easy-to-use tool to help discern what is pseudoscience form what is not with rigorous criteria.

Want to know more? Go to the website!