Parody science
Parody science, sometimes called spoof science, is the act of mocking science in a satirical way. Science can be parodied for a purpose, ranging from social commentary and making political points, to humor for its own sake.
Parody science is distinctly different from science humor (or from real science that happens to be humorous like the Pitch drop experiment) in that parody science has little or no basis in real science.
List of parody science and science humor resources
Caveat: Since many parody sciences masquerade as real sciences, it is not always clear when a "science" is a parody.
- Null Hypothesis: The Journal of Unlikely Science - a satirical science website.
- Annals of Improbable Research - Science humor journal that awards the Ig Nobel Prizes.
- Journal of Irreproducible Results - Parody science journal since 1955.
- Revolution Theory - Alternative theory of the creation of the universe.
- Science Made Stupid - 1985 parody science book by Tom Weller.
- Speculative Grammarian - "the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics".
- Dihydrogen monoxide hoax, which exploits common fears about science to make people think that water is dangerous.
- Look Around You, a BBC scientific satire based on school science programmes from the '70s and '80s.
- Ask Dr. Science, a humorous radio and television program.
- Experimental demonstration of the tomatotopic organization in the Soprano (Cantatrix sopranica L.), a fake research paper by the writer Georges Perec.
- Ethnobotany Research & Applications, 2007, 5, 159-177."Artificae Plantae: The taxonomy, ecology, and ethnobotany of the Simulacraceae.", Nat Bletter, Kurt A. Reynertson, Julie Velasquez Runk. An article about the discovery of artificial, simulated (plastic) plants, published by botanists in a scientific journal.
- Worm Runner's Digest. The satirical flip-side of the more serious Journal of Biological Psychology, famous for such articles as A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown.
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