Science Industry

A critical term for the modern ecosystem where scientific research is deeply entwined with corporate funding, political agendas, and the publish-or-perish academic treadmill. It highlights how the production of scientific knowledge can be driven by market incentives, career advancement, and institutional power dynamics, sometimes at the expense of pure curiosity, public good, or scientific integrity.

Example: The Science Industry is visible when a university's research priorities subtly shift toward topics that attract big pharma grants, or when journals favor flashy, positive results that generate citations over crucial but mundane replication studies. It's science operating with the logic of a business, where knowledge is a commodity and impact factors are a currency.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026

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Hyper-Individualist Fallacy

The mistaken belief that individuals can be understood, evaluated, or held responsible entirely independently of their social context, relationships, and systems. This fallacy ignores that no one is an island—that choices are shaped by circumstances, that success depends on luck and privilege, that failure is often systemic rather than personal. The hyper-individualist fallacy is beloved of meritocracy myth-makers, bootstrap-pullers, and anyone who wants to ignore structural inequality. It's the logic of "if I made it, anyone can," ignoring that "I" had advantages they don't see. The fallacy allows its holders to blame the poor for poverty and credit themselves for success, both with equal injustice.

Hyper-Individualist Fallacy Example: "He attributed his success entirely to hard work, ignoring the family wealth that paid for college, the connections that got him jobs, the luck that put him in the right place at the right time. The hyper-individualist fallacy let him see only himself, not the system that supported him. His advice to others—'just work harder'—was sincere, sincere and wrong."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 17, 2026

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Slothful Induction Fallacy

The logical fallacy of rejecting a well-supported conclusion despite overwhelming evidence, usually because accepting it would require uncomfortable changes or challenge cherished beliefs. It's the inverse of hasty generalization: hasty induction jumps to conclusions with too little evidence; slothful induction refuses to reach conclusions despite ample evidence. Classic in climate denial, vaccine skepticism, and any domain where evidence conflicts with identity.

"Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree, and the evidence is overwhelming, but I'm just not convinced." That's Slothful Induction Fallacy—refusing to draw the conclusion that all available evidence points to. At some point, skepticism becomes denial, and evidence becomes irrelevant."

by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026

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Libtardism-induced meltdown

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1. phenomenon causing crying excessively at the thought of Elon Musk and sobbing at the thought of your taxpayer-funded transgender basket-weaving club losing its funding.

"Bro, look at the girl with man boobs in a Bernie Sanders shirt sobbing uncontrollably while tearing pictures of Elon Musk and keying her own Tesla."

"Yeah dude, totally libtardism-induced meltdown."

by TheBigSmooth25 February 13, 2025

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