Sunday, November 5, 2017

Wikipedia Trail: From Halloween to Quakery

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Halloween

Halloween is the eve of All Hallows Day which is dedicated to remembering the dead. It has become more of a commercialized and secular celebration with people trick or treating, dressing up in costume, making jack o lanterns, and bobbing for apples. However, in some parts of the world they still have church services and light candles to remember the dead.

Ghost

In folklore, a ghost is the spirit of a dead person that can appear to those still living. According to science, there is no such thing as ghosts.

Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience is beliefs or statements that claim to be scientific, however, they do not have any scientific evidence to support them. Usually the statements are exaggerated.

Quackery

Quackery is the promotion of fraudulent medical practices. It is the get well quick scam that people that have no medical background claim will fix all ailments.

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