{"id":364,"date":"2007-06-07T04:43:27","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T04:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=364"},"modified":"2007-06-07T04:43:27","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T04:43:27","slug":"the-life-cycle-of-junk-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"The Life Cycle of Junk Science."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Life%20Cycle%20of%20Junk%20Science.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Below is the life cycle of junk science, from the web blog   <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydollop.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/life-cycle-of-junk-science.html\" target=\"_blank\">   Daily Dollop<\/a> It shows the history of classic junk science, from diet pills    to <em>The Population Bomb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genesis<\/strong><br \/>\n1) Maverick Scientist has an <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n2) Other scientists deride the <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n3) SF Writers use <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong> as image of bleak future.<br \/>\n4) Academics debate <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n5) Politicians begins to discuss the <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>, but don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand it.<br \/>\n6) General Public ignores the <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growth<\/strong><br \/>\n7) Champion arrives to actively promote and publicize <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n8) Scientists form a consensus that agrees with <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n9) Academics teach <strong><em>Idea <\/em><\/strong>as fact.<br \/>\n10) Fast Adapters change lifestyle, ridicule General Public.<br \/>\n11) Hollywood makes disaster movie, sometimes based on SF novel from 3.<br \/>\n12) General Public makes token lifestyle changes.<br \/>\n13) Politicians use <strong><em>Idea <\/em><\/strong>to attack political enemies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hysteria<\/strong><br \/>\n14) Scientific consensus begins ruthlessly crushing dissent.<br \/>\n15) Champion is hailed as Messianic Leader.<br \/>\n16) Academics announce society is doomed.<br \/>\n17) General public accepts <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n18) Opponents of <strong><em>Idea <\/em><\/strong>are cast as wicked and immoral.<br \/>\n19) Music Industry holds benefit, sometimes using film name from 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical Mass<\/strong><br \/>\n20) Dissenting Scientist proposes alternative theory to <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n21) Scientific consensus denounces Dissenting Scientist.<br \/>\n22) Messianic Leader begins making ludicrous claims unrelated to <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n23) Politicians propose massive social, fiscal, and moral changes to accommodate <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\n24) <em>Time <\/em>Magazine puts Maverick Scientist, Messiah, <strong><em>Idea<\/em><\/strong>, or all 3 on cover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Death and Rebirth<\/strong><br \/>\n25) Dissenting Scientist is proven to be right, nothing happens.<br \/>\n26) Scientists form new consensus, claim they knew all along.<br \/>\n27) Fast Adapters are ridiculed by General Public.<br \/>\n28) Academics continue to teach <strong><em>Idea <\/em><\/strong>as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153compelling theory\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<br \/>\n29) Politicians raise taxes, just in case.<br \/>\n30) Messiah and Entertainment Industry find new Maverick Scientist.<br \/>\n31) Return to Step 1.<\/p>\n<p>Stolen from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norcalblogs.com\/watts\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Life%20Cycle%20of%20Junk%20Science.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Below is the life cycle of junk science, from the web blog Daily Dollop It shows the history of classic junk science, from diet pills to The Population Bomb. Genesis 1) Maverick Scientist has an Idea. 2) Other scientists deride the Idea. 3) SF Writers use Idea as image of bleak future. 4) Academics debate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}