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Fringe theories, ideas or viewpoints which differ from the accepted scholarship in their field. For fringe theory in general, see Category:Fringe theory.
Fringe theories include the models and proposals of fringe science, as well as similar ideas in other areas of scholarship, such as the humanities. In a narrower sense, the term fringe theory is commonly used as a pejorative, roughly synonymous with the terms pseudo-scholarship and conspiracy theory.
A fringe theory is an idea or a collection of ideas that departs significantly from the prevailing or mainstream view. It can include work done to the appropriate level of scholarship in a field of study but only supported by a minority of practitioners, to more dubious work.
A fringe theory is neither a majority opinion nor that of a respected minority. [1] [2] In general, the term fringe theory is closer to the popular understanding of the word theory—a hypothesis or a guess or an uncertain idea—than to the concept of an established scientific theory. [3] Although often used in the context of fringe science ...
The best sources to use when describing fringe theories, and in determining their notability and prominence, are independent reliable sources, outside the sourcing ecosystem of the fringe theory itself. In particular, the relative space that an article devotes to different aspects of a fringe theory should follow from consideration primarily of ...
This category is for essays related to Wikipedia:Fringe theories, Unwarranted promotion of fringe theories, and Pro-Fringe editors. Pages in category "Wikipedia essays about fringe theories" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Conspiracy theories used to be confined to dark corners of the internet. Now, they muddy conversations around news events on mainstream social media platforms. Misinformation took over social ...
Similarly, the border between the lower end of fringe science and the upper end of pseudoscience is hard to distinguish. Some fringe theories were taken seriously as alternative mainstream theories for at least a little while, and were then rejected. Plasma cosmology would be an example. The original version of this was posted here