Meaning of junk science | Babel Free

Definitions

Assertions or methods that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific legitimacy.

countable, derogatory, uncountable

Examples

“His testimony was worse than science fiction: it was junk science.”

“Our field falls neither in the category of immediately acceptable DNA experts at one end⟳ of the spectrum nor in the category of the immediately unacceptable so-called junk sciences at the other end⟳.”

“Tom Hockaday was an APCO employee, and March⟳ 1993 found him working closely with Philip Morris vice president Ellen Merlo to develop⟳ scientific articles to defend⟳ secondhand smoke⟳ and promote⟳ the idea that the EPA work⟳ was “junk science.””

“Climate policy is being dragged into the culture wars with misinformation and junk science being spread⟳ across the internet by a relatively small group of individuals and groups, according to a study⟳.”

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