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The expression junk science is used to describe scientific data, research, or analysis considered by the person using the phrase to be spurious or fraudulent. The concept is often invoked in political and legal contexts where facts and scientific results have a great amount of weight in making a determination. It usually conveys a pejorative connotation that the research has been untowardly driven by political, ideological, financial, or otherwise unscientific motives.

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The concept was popularized in the 1990s in relation to expert testimony in civil litigation. More recently, invoking the concept has been a tactic to criticize research on the harmful environmental or public health effects of corporate activities, and occasionally in response to such criticism. The term has been used by proponents of both sides of such political debates. Author Dan Agin in his book Junk Science harshly criticized those who deny the basic premise of global warming,[1] while former Fox News commentator Steven Milloy has extensively denounced research linking the fossil fuel industry to climate change, on his website junkscience.com.[2] In some contexts, junk science is counterposed to the "sound science" or "solid science" that favors one's own point of view.[3] This dichotomy has been particularly promoted by Steven Milloy and the Advancement of Sound Science Center, and is somewhat different from pseudoscience and fringe science.
This is procedure that should be used for making any scientific statements on any subject which many people do not follow when they make statements on the Internet.

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now here is what's lacking on climate change global warming.

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all I know is it takes a lot of time for science to get it right. But science is not done by consensus. Many times a small number of scientists conclusions have been proven right years later as we gain knowledge about a subject.

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In today's Trumpian political climate which HAS a less than casual relationship with truth, the term "junk science" is most often used to try to disparage and discredit real truth.

it is used both ways to discredit something that's why it's so important to do your research on both sides the pros and cons reality are not reality etc

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