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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Science doesn’t care about your feelings. Pseudoscience tries to tiptoe around or embrace your feelings.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

pseudoscience manipulates your feelings. that’s the only reason it exists.