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Noun: an early form of study or belief system that laid the groundwork for a future scientific field. For example, alchemy could be considered the "proto-science" of chemistry.
"Alchemy, once dismissed as mere superstition, is now recognized as a proto-science that laid the foundation for modern chemistry."
Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or scientific accuracy, or both. Typically, this is in the form of very grounded fiction without supernatural, magical, or usually aliens with an emphasis on realistic storytelling within our current knowledge of physics.
Andy Weir's the Martian and Adrian Tchaicovsky's Children of Time are great hard science fiction novels.
noun; a field that starts with speculative or mystical ideas but gradually emerges as a legitimate science through the development of evidence-based methods
Alchemy's quest for the philosopher's stone may seem fantastical, but it was an emergent science that eventually led to breakthroughs in metallurgy and medicine
A nineteenth century precursor to The Matrix. Used in the study of Christian Science.
"According to Science and Health, this world is just a material illusion."
"Who the hell are you, Morpheus?"
What Venturian used to say before adding thrusters to everything.
Vent: *adds a fuck ton of thrusters* This is for science.
When you have a topic about pseudoscience, religions, myths, or metaphysics
What is your horoscope?
I don't believe in astrology, Doesn't make science!
You: If you don't believe in God you will go to hell.
Me: Doesn't make science.
Refers to a generation of society, born roughly around the death of grunge music, that refuses to believe anything that science tells them because it's too mainstream.
Science hipsters are the reason that we have people believe the earth is flat, and there is a 3rd option, besides male or female, to put on a birth certificate
I had to break up with Lisa. She kept telling me how the earth was flat and how She is going to let her baby choose her gender when it's old enough.
She is either stupid, or she is a science hipster.