Parody science
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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 different from science humor or from real science that happens to be humorous, in that parody science has little or no basis in real science.
List of parody science resources
- Annals of Improbable Research - Science humor journal that awards the Ig Nobel Prizes.
- Journal of Irreproducible Results - Parody science journal since 1955.
- 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.
- Worm Runner's Digest. The satirical flip-side of the Journal of Biological Psychology, known for such articles as A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown.
- Null Hypothesis: The Journal of Unlikely Science - a satirical science website.
- The Sokal Affair, physicist Alan Sokal's hoax paper entitled, "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity" was published in the journal Social Text.
- Experimental demonstration of the tomatotopic organization in the Soprano (Cantatrix sopranica L.), a fake research paper by the writer Georges Perec.[1]
- Artificae Plantae: The taxonomy, ecology, and ethnobotany of the Simulacraceae.", Nat Bletter, Kurt A. Reynertson, Julie Velasquez Runk. An article about the discovery of plastic plants, published by botanists in a scientific journal.[2]
- The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline a fake research paper written by Isaac Asimov and published in the March 1948 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, edited by John W. Campbell. There were several following stories.[citation needed]
See also
External links
- Tom Weller Official website of the author of Science Made Stupid
- Dihydrogen Monoxide Official site on the Dangers of dihydrogen monoxide
References
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