Metaphysician? I didn't know metas ever got sick! *BG*

My friend is a believer in pseudoscience not a "researcher" though recent reports are that she's writing a book and may be crossing the line. I do know that she is convinced she is doing good with her work.

Perhaps a key here is the term researcher. How do these conepts in pseudoscience come about. Where do they come from? In real science a learned person comes up with a hypothesis based on an observation. S/he then designs a test to see if that hypothesis is true. If, after extensive testing, it is proved true s/he publishes the findings and other scientists try it out. It may fit into whatever they are working on and be helpful. Or it may throw all their work into the trash. Either way science has marched on.

Would someone, not a skeptic, please provide a similar type of explanation for where the concepts and beliefs of pseudoscience come from?

Oh, and BTW, one does not "believe in" science. Science is an accumulation of proven facts and unporoved hypotheses.