Editing Fringe science (section)

==Description==
The boundary between fringe science and [[pseudoscience]] is disputed. Friedlander writes that there is no widespread understanding of what separates science from nonscience or pseudoscience.{{r|Fried95|p=183}} Pseudoscience, however, is something that is not [[Science|scientific]] but is incorrectly characterised as science.

The term may be considered [[pejorative]]. For example, Lyell D. Henry Jr. wrote, "Fringe science [is] a term also suggesting kookiness."<ref>{{cite journal |author=Henry Lyell D. |year=1981 |title=Unorthodox science as a popular activity |journal=[[The Journal of American Culture]] |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=1–22 |doi=10.1111/j.1542-734X.1981.0402_1.x}}</ref>

[[Continental drift]] was rejected for decades lacking conclusive evidence before [[plate tectonics]] was accepted.{{r|Fried95|p=5}}

{{Quotation|text=The confusion between science and pseudoscience, between honest scientific error and genuine scientific discovery, is not new, and it is a permanent feature of the scientific landscape .... Acceptance of new science can come slowly.{{r|Fried95|p=161}}}}