by corcynator October 4, 2023
Get the Being a golo mug.A recursive field of study examining how the study of rocks itself moves and changes over time. It’s the "meta" layer of geology, focusing on the shifting academic preferences, funding earthquakes, and eruptive trends in geological theory. This discipline tracks the "plate tectonics" of scientific consensus, noting how a focus on mineralogy can be abruptly subducted by a new, flashy trend in paleomagnetism. It’s the study of the sociology of rock nerds and how their collective focus drifts across the continental crust of knowledge.
Example: "The geodynamics of geology shifted seismically last year when that viral TikTok about 'self-care crystals' caused a massive migration of grad students from hard-rock petrology into the suddenly lucrative field of gemological sociology."
by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026
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