cargo cult science
Meanings
noun
- Practices which have the appearance of being scientific, but do not actually follow the scientific method.
Word forms
Etymology
Coined by American physicist Richard Feynman in 1974 in his commencement address at Caltech, in reference to cargo cults.
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