Cargo cult science

Cargo cult science is a term coined by Richard Feynman to describe a certain common attitude adopted by pseudo-scientists.

Cargo cults
Of the original cargo cults, Feynman wrote:

Pseudo-science
To engage in cargo cult science means to follow the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but engage in practices which lack some essential component of genuine science. Cargo cult scientists generally disregard the need for rigorous or double-blind studies, and do not devise tests that could potentially prove them wrong. They commonly throw around what sounds (to them and their audience) like real scientific jargon. Quantum mechanics is a popular hook on which to hang fake science, since it is generally a strange and counter-intuitive concept.