on The Fringe

From studio sessions in 1967-1968, The Fringe recordings are finally being re-issued just prior to their 50th anniversary in their original mono glory. This Toronto based pychedelic garage rock band, popular in the late 1960s commercially released 4 songs on 2 singles. Eleven tracks are available here as MP3 downloads mastered from the original analog tapes.

Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella– astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields "pseudo" is a far more complex issue. It has proved impossible to come up with a simple criterion that enables us to differentiate pseudoscience from genuine science. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements–both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides– there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation.