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Parody science

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An April Fools joke in the form of science parody

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.

One of the forms of parody science are spoof scientific articles. Some can be seen as a subgenre of science fiction.[1]

List of parody science resources

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ May, Andrew (2019), May, Andrew (ed.), "Science Fiction Posing as Science Fact", Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science, Science and Fiction, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–22, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13314-6_1, ISBN 978-3-030-13314-6, retrieved 2024-03-10
  2. ^ Experimental demonstration of the tomatotopic organization in the Soprano (Cantatrix sopranica L.
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