Forecasts are couched in quasi-scientific doublespeak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Does Paul O'Neill Keep His Alcoa Options?] Reference

The quasi-scientific fraudsters will be thrown in jail where they belong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holocaust Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Chris Wallace: Any Difference?] Reference

It may have been selected by elimination, as a relatively neutral and quasi-scientific term.    From Wordnik.com.  [The atomic theory of sub-headings] Reference

If things are permitted to be a free for all these are rubbished up by quasi-scientific types.    From Wordnik.com.  ["X" Marks Puzzling Galactic Bulge | Universe Today] Reference

In 1892-93 the French Government had begun sending military or quasi-scientific missions from the west and east.    From Wordnik.com.  [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference

But in the midst of the almost hysterically awful food, and quasi-scientific jargon, was something I secretly found endearing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toast:] Reference

Cherubs, presumably, are not part of any sort of quasi-scientific theory, yet this alone is no reason to think they might exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eliminative Materialism] Reference

Another is his conviction that philosophical insight is not to be gained by constructing quasi-scientific theories of puzzling phenomena.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wittgenstein and Kepler] Reference

What is, in my view, even more dangerous, is the quasi-scientific form that their many times refuted forecasts have taken upon themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference

But that does not relieve us of the obligation to see the Drake equation clearly for what it is — pure speculation in quasi-scientific trappings.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of fear]

I can't muster the same kindness for Colleen Heineman, who attempts a quasi-scientific analysis of household clutter by producing small copper objects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design] Reference

Solrey and Anaconda use this as a way to promote their quasi-scientific ideology, and frankly they destroy what ever useful discussion might be going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Movie Reveals Birth of Super-Suns | Universe Today] Reference

His writings and lectures on monism were later used to provide scientific or quasi-scientific justifications for racism, nationalism, and social Darwinism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds of a Feather Flock Together - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

There is no better example of the way that trendy quasi-scientific ideas can gain currency even in the face of preexisting evidence that they are baseless.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of fear]

This process amounts to seeding the media with quasi-scientific papers with the knowledge that at least some of them will be picked up and become hot topics.    From Wordnik.com.  [More on the ‘low-carb’ study at the AHA meeting | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Seems the media helps to ensure science is politicized both by overly leveraging pseudo– and quasi-scientific data and by under-reporting more critical scientific data.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Science vs. Politics?] Reference

Leaving them to be objects of curiosity, tourism or any other "quasi-scientific study" is AIDING AND ABETTING this very theft of their land you are trying to fight against.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadza Support Letter] Reference

More specifically, MNS is running a fictional and, one could argue, quasi-scientific experiment that runs parallel with the widely reported disappearance of billions of bees.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Happening] Reference

It is only when the notion of a soul, from being a quasi-scientific hypothesis, becomes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion] Reference

Stahl, should he choose to listen, meant to give him explanation, quasi-scientific explanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Centaur] Reference

It was really this instinct that told in the end more than any process of quasi-scientific criticism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking] Reference

The brilliant thing about beards for the purposes of quasi-scientific research is that they're measurable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

A quasi-scientific fancy spins these fables almost inevitably to fill the vacuum not yet occupied by astronomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Reason] Reference

He creates quasi-scientific objects, crooning over their inherent beauty but making gentle fun of their seriousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Tribune Blogs] Reference

It is in her interest to be vague when claiming degrees in fields that are considered quasi-scientific or outright frauds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stop The ACLU] Reference

"Ginny had a much more quasi-scientific or medical attitude and wanted to know exactly what had happened," Rosenblatt says.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

It can scarcely be said that this has happened with such quasi-scientific statements as have actually been associated with revelation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Marvels of Astronomy] Reference

If they aren't considered therapeutic substances, they shouldn't be allowed to use any scientific or misleading quasi-scientific terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Parallel with these quasi-scientific explanations of the universe, the popular mind attributed to its divinities a share in the cosmogony.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference

(c) theistic belief is or is relevantly like a quasi-scientific hypothesis, designed to explain religious experience (perhaps among other things).    From Wordnik.com.  [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference

The economical importance of rain has led to various quasi-scientific and magical devices for securing it, and to the rise of professional rain makers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference

Could've been swamp gas, though I never was sure if that was supposed to be some sort of quasi-scientific explanation for haints, or a distinct mystery all its own.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue] Reference

It is only when the notion of a soul, from being a quasi-scientific hypothesis, becomes a theological dogma that its unity and indivisibility are insisted upon as essential.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion] Reference