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Parascience refers to systems of inquiry that exist alongside established science but operate outside its formal methodologies, verification standards, or institutional frameworks. Unlike pseudoscience, parascience does not necessarily reject scientific reasoning; instead, it explores speculative, emerging, or currently untestable ideas such as higher dimensions, consciousness fields, or extraphysical phenomena. Parascience often serves as a conceptual testing ground where ideas are developed before becoming scientifically formalized—or dismissed. It occupies a gray zone between science, philosophy, and metaphysics, frequently criticized for lack of rigor but valued for imaginative hypothesis generation.
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