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"Fringe Science Warning Signs" by (?) Anders Sandberg (64.media.tumblr.com)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4711771

At least some of the signs were desgined by Anders Sandberg:

I found the image on Bruce Sterling's Tumblr.

The source is from u/FuckMyHeart's (reddit user) comment, which has a bit more info:

From the same comment and user:

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[–] 30 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Important context: it's a mix of things that do and don't exist which all have a certain cachet with junk science. Tesla coils are definitely real, for example. It's just that junk/fringe science may use them to make their flimflam theory seem more exciting.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago

    I similarly thought this was supposed to be a list meant to help you identify when someone is deploying fringe science. But in the context of the community (sciencefiction) and some of the other comments, I've realized that I think it's meant to be sample signs you could use in a story like at a lab where that kind of "science" was being done.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 years ago

    AFAIK all of them are fake warning signs but, as you said, some of them reference real stuff.

    I didn't add any indication that they are fake because I assumed it was implied by posting in science fiction communities. If not, I will add a warning.

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