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A meta‑field that studies the demarcation problem—what counts as science versus pseudoscience—using methods analogous to Sovietology or Kremlinology: inferring internal logics, power structures, and unspoken rules from observable institutional behaviors, funding patterns, publication practices, and boundary‑policing rhetoric. Demarcatiologists analyze how scientific communities construct, maintain, and weaponize the “science/pseudoscience” border, revealing that demarcation is not a timeless logical puzzle but a social and political activity. The field also explores why certain belief systems (e.g., parapsychology, spiritual healing) can function as valid or [legitimate] pseudosciences within their own frameworks, while some self‑proclaimed sciences (e.g., “One Million Dollar Challenge” stunts) are dismissed as [invalid] or [illegitimate] despite claiming scientific trappings. Demarcatiology refuses to simply police the line; it asks who draws it, why, and with what [consequences].
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