Types of Pseudoscience - Statistics

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Description Answer % Correct
Belief that the Earth isn't actually a sphere Flat earth
97%
Use of needles to relieve bodily pain Acupuncture
88%
Type of therapy that tries to make gay people straight {Conversion} therapy
81%
Historic practice that supposedly could turn common elements into gold and silver Alchemy
78%
Branch of pseudo-medicine that cures ailments by cracking your back Chiropractics
75%
Belief that the universe has only existed for 6,000 years Young Earth Creationism
69%
Diluting a substance in water so that the water will have a memory of the substance's healing properties Homeopathy
66%
Theory that the body requires a balance of blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile Humorism
63%
Movement that claims that childhood shots can cause autism and disabilities Anti-vaccination
59%
Measurement of the shape of the skull to determine personality, intelligence, etc. Phrenology
56%
Study of non-existent animals like Bigfoot and the Chupacabra Cryptozoology
53%
The magazine Continuum supported this theory up until all of its editors died from it {HIV}/{AIDS} denial
31%
Use of a stick or rod to find water underground Dowsing
25%
Movement in the Soviet Union which denied the role of genetics in agriculture {Lysenko}ism
22%
Black Plague-era belief that diseases were caused by bad-smelling air {Miasma} theory
22%
Practice where pressure is applied to the feet to treat ailments in other parts of the body Reflexology
22%
Theory that insects and worms emerge fully formed from meat or mud rather than reproducing sexually Spontaneous generation
16%
Use of "natural" cures and foods to treat ailments rather than modern medicine Naturopathy
9%
German theory connecting the human orgasm to a universal "life force" Orgonomy
6%
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