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It's the hype backlash. There were a lot of over the top pro DNA testing articles in years past so now the hype cycle has moved on to the next stage.
by ChrisSD 8y ago
It's the hype backlash. There were a lot of over the top pro DNA testing articles in years past so now the hype cycle has moved on to the next stage.
- jcutrell 8y agoThis is interesting. Is there actual research on “hype cycles?” I want to read it if so.
- ChrisSD 8y agoNot that I'm aware of. It's more a comment on how at some point the press overhypes some tech which then leads to an inevitable correction. Hopefully it's true value is appreciated afterwards but that's not a given.
- jobigoud 8y agoI just checked and indeed there is research. The most popular model that we all know is called the Gartner Hype Cycle. https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hype-cycle https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hy... Arxiv has a few articles on hype cycles for example: "A simple interpretation of the growth of scientific/technological research impact leading to hype-type evolution curves", Campani, 2014. https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.8685 https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.8685 "Hype Cycle Dynamics: Microscopic Modeling and Detection", Hashemi, 2018. https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.08939 https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.08939 You can also type "gartner hype cycle" in Scholar or sci-hub and there are many hits.