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Phrenology is the study of human characteristics according to shape of the skull. It was popular until around the 1900s, when scientists started to discourage against it. Today, it is considered a pseudoscience.

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Medicine	Acupuncture Aromatherapy Alternative medicine Ayurveda Bloodletting Chiropractic Cryonics Electromagnetic hypersensitivity Homeopathy Humorism Naturopathy Phrenology Traditional medicine Traditional Chinese medicine Adrenal fatigue Anthroposophic medicine Applied kinesiology Bates method Biorhythms Body memory Chromotherapy Correactology Crystal healing Cupping Detoxification Colon cleansing Doctrine of signatures Doktor Koster's Antigaspills Ear candling Energy medicine Fad diet FasciaBlaster Germ theory denialism HIV/AIDS denialism Iridology Leaky gut syndrome Lunar effect Macrobiotic diet Magnet therapy Miracle Mineral Supplement Palmistry Panchagavya Patent medicine Primal therapy Radionics Reiki Trepanning Vertebral subluxation Wind turbine syndrome
Social science	Catastrophism Conspiracy theory 5G conspiracy Chemtrail conspiracy theory Climate change denial COVID-19 misinformation Moon landing conspiracy theories 9/11 conspiracy theories Conversion therapy Generational theory Generationism Strauss–Howe generational theory Hollow Earth theory Parapsychology Pseudohistory Holocaust denial Genocide denial Historical negationism Scientific racism Aryan race Enneagram of Personality 2012 phenomenon Ancient astronauts Indigo children Japhetic theory Mediumship Nazi archaeology Nibiru cataclysm Pseudoarchaeology Pseudolaw Recovered-memory therapy Past life regression Melanin theory Myers–Briggs Type Indicator
Physics	Cold fusion‎ Perpetual motion‎ Teleportation‎ Anti-gravity‎ Faster-than-light travel‎ Quantum mysticism Reactionless drive Dean drive EMDrive Tractor beam Water-fueled car
Other	Alchemy Astrology Creation science Cryptozoology Dianetics Auditing Eugenics Feng shui Flat Earth theory Graphology Intelligent design Numerology Ufology Aquatic ape hypothesis Biodynamic agriculture Biological transmutation Dowsing Electronic voice phenomenon Facilitated communication Laundry ball Law of attraction Levitation Lysenkoism Orgone Polygraph Pseudoscientific metrology Rapid prompting method Statement analysis Voice stress analysis Water memory

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