Pathological science is different from ordinary fraud. It is some scientists who put forward "new" theories to explain some observed phenomena that violate the basic laws of science in order to make "breakthrough" discoveries and make a blockbuster. However, the paper is eager for success, obsessed with news propaganda for the sake of controversy, and even violates the recognized scientific research criteria, unrealistically exaggerating its scientific progress to the media, which is of "great" significance. Some journalists who don't know much about science, however, keep creating a "sensation" effect in newspapers with a curiosity, thus constantly amplifying this "disease". There are repeatable experimental phenomena in pathological science for peer detection, but these experimental phenomena are often partial, one-sided and even subjective. Most of the "theories" put forward by pathological science have nothing to do with these phenomena, or there is no causal relationship, which is the root of "disease" The "pathological" scientists don't know the real reasons of these phenomena, so they are intoxicated with their own "reasons" or their own "breakthrough theory", and even can't extricate themselves. Its "achievement" and "theory" are easily used by pseudoscience and pseudotechnology. For example, the director of the "water-to-oil" scam, which has been in trouble in China for more than ten years, violated the most basic scientific principles and could not justify himself, but fabricated "research results" and claimed that it was "the pioneering work of room temperature nuclear fusion leading the world". If scientists fall into a "morbid state" and just want to "show off", they will be used by pseudoscience and even involved in pseudoscience, regardless of the basic principles of science and the rigor of scientific experiments.

Pseudo-science itself is anti-science (different from mistakes and "pathological" in science), because their fundamental feature is that they violate the basic laws of science and refuse strict scientific inspection; But they also claim that they have surpassed the existing science and are ready to overthrow the old science, establish a new system and constantly deify themselves. For example, an article about China's fifth greatest invention has been arguing in China for ten years. It goes like this: "When human energy is running out and waiting for the end of this century, he used his" replacing oil with water "and" perpetual motion machine "to crush the truest, most helpless and biggest worries of human beings." "When countless outstanding scientists of mankind used countless advanced means and spent countless hours and energy to get rid of the increasingly difficult survival dilemma, he appeared and solved it in a light way-he was not a well-read person, and he was confused about some simple physical and chemical theories. When we speculate on this phenomenon with the most normal and abnormal thinking, we even wonder if it is really God who arranged a person to save mankind when it came to the end of existence, but only arranged' him' around us. " It can be seen that pseudoscience (including pseudotechnology based on pseudoscience) finally turned to supernatural power-God, and most of the representatives of pseudoscience wore the crown of "Superman".