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Does it bug anyone else that the word "science" is increasingly widely used to mean "tech demo"? Backyard science, science tricks, science f___ yeah, etc. I g
by foobarian 3y ago
Does it bug anyone else that the word "science" is increasingly widely used to mean "tech demo"? Backyard science, science tricks, science f___ yeah, etc. I guess it's fine if it's for a greater good.
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- pvg 3y agoThis sort of thing has been referred to as science for a lot longer than than 'tech demo' has been around. https://victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/faraday2.html https://victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/faraday2.html
- foobarian 3y ago"Domestic philosophy." Love it.
- pvg 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_hemispheres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_hemispheres might be a fun clickhole to figure out what this was called in its time. Like, what was on the posters? the first section of whose book Technica Curiosa, titled Mirabilia Magdeburgica, was dedicated to von Guericke's work. The earliest reference to the celebrated Magdeburg hemispheres experiment is on page 39 of the Technica Curiosa, That title is certainly closer to "Tech Demos".