pathological science! [pb]

[cmat]

Ganked entire from the ever-clever ishaa, it's:
http://www.catchpenny.org/patho.html

Featuring!

6 features common to pathological theories
4 more such features
7 guidelines for dealing with anomalous phenomena
4 steps of proper scientific methodology
3 forms of outright scientific dishonesty with regard to observation
6 basic motives for scientific fraud
25 fallacies that lead us to believe weird things