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0:01In his book " The Demon-Haunted World , "
0:03Carl Sagan wrote : " Pseudoscience
0:06appeals to powerful emotional needs
0:09that science often leaves unfulfilled . "
0:13" It satisfies our craving for special
0:16powers and talents , which we now equate
0:19to comic book superheroes , and once
0:22equated to gods . " It quenches spiritual
0:26thirst , promises to heal our ailments ,
0:29and offers something beautiful after
0:31death . Pseudoscience reinforces our
0:34belief in our own importance and places
0:37us at the center of the universe . We
0:39are supposedly the most essential and
0:41significant link in the universe . This
0:44concept stands somewhere between
0:46traditional religion and modern science
0:48. It is often criticized by the
0:51scientific community . It is typical for
0:54pseudoscience , as well as for most old
0:56and new religions , to mistake wishful
0:58thinking for reality . Man