Offense of Reason

How would you rate the importance of cultivating one's ability to discern a scientific proposition from a pseudo-scientific one? Many well known claims in the public sphere, though promulgated in the guise of science, reason and logic, are practically religious beliefs.

There is nothing wrong with religion per se, but there is arguably something wrong with selling religion as science.

At best, the conflation of such polar opposites qualifies as grave disservice to informed consent or dissent...