It seems nowadays that we are getting swamped with science. But not the science of the valid kind. Science where people follow the scientific method and are based on sound reasoning, good experimental evidence and makes checkable predictions.

No, sadly, most of the so-called science are pseudoscience, evil heinous impostors that exploit the public's curiosity and love of the extraordinary, often for self-profit. It is impossible to safely search the web nowadays before coming across these things. Example such as "the stargate conspiracy", "life forever", "alien abduction conspiracies", "Elvis is alive", "atlantis", "creationism" etc etc, all masquerading as good science. We even see adverts for educational toys with the slogan "when science works like MAGIC". (Implying falsely that science doesn't usually work, while science does.)

So how can you tell the good from the bad? The lies from the genuine attempts at truth? This article hopes to be a guide. Only a rough guide. As you may have gathered, I am intensely sceptical of the things mention above. If you wish to disagree, fine. Maybe I am just a pessimist or a spoilsport. But I fear that once you blur the line between truth and lies, the power of science will be undermined. That would be a new dark age.

Without much further ado, we shall begin.... Be warned, this short guide is by no means complete. Every theory must be seen in context.