Randi Is a Practitioner of Crystal Healing: the Use of Different

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Randi is a practitioner of crystal healing: the use of different crystals to treat medical disorders ranging from headaches to cancer. Crystal healers like Randi use scientific terminology (e.g., energy, vibrations, etc.) when explaining the technique to patients, but do not use the scientific method to develop or test their treatments. This makes crystal healing a

• A) metascience.
• B) pseudoscience.
• C) episcience.
• D) protoscience.

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