AstronomyTeacher

Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science: "Justice Stephen G. Breyer encouraged
trial judges to appoint independent experts to help them. He noted
that courts can turn to scientific organizations, like the National
Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, to identify neutral experts who could preview questionable
scientific testimony and advise a judge on whether a jury should
be exposed to it. Judges are still concerned about meeting their
responsibilities under the Daubert decision, and a group of them
asked me how to recognize questionable scientific claims. What
are the warning signs?

I have identified seven indicators that
a scientific claim lies well outside the bounds of rational scientific
discourse. Of course, they are only warning signs -- even a claim
with several of the signs could be legitimate."