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The theory that pseudotechnology exists on a spectrum, not as a binary category. Pseudotechnology includes devices, systems, and claims that mimic technological form without technological substance—gadgets that don't work, systems that can't deliver, innovations that exist only in marketing. The Pseudotechnology Spectrum recognizes that some pseudotechnology is blatant (perpetual motion machines), some is subtle (vaporware that almost works), and some is contested (cold fusion—pseudoscience or suppressed breakthrough?). The spectrum allows for evaluating technological claims on their merits rather than their labels.
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