Psionic Sciences

The speculative next step: not just studying psychic phenomena, but engineering them. This involves developing technologies to amplify, focus, or weaponize mental energy. Concepts include psionic amplifiers, telepathic communication headsets, psychotronic generators that influence mood, or PK-based propulsion. It's where psychic research meets hardware design, living in a space between fringe science and military black project fantasy.

Example: "The patent was for a 'psionic resonance modulator'—a device to focus collective intention. The Psionic Sciences startup claimed it could help plants grow or calm crowds. It mostly gave people headaches and made old radios pick up static from three states away."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Theistic Sciences

A broad framework for conducting scientific inquiry within the explicit assumption that a God or gods exist. This doesn't mean twisting data, but allowing theistic explanations (like divine agency, purpose, or miracles) to be valid candidates within the interpretive model. It challenges methodological naturalism, arguing that if a creator is real, excluding that possibility a priori is bad science. To mainstream science, it's a category error; to proponents, it's a more complete form of inquiry.

Example: "Her paper in Theistic Sciences proposed a new model for abiogenesis that included 'guided quantum nucleation events' as a testable hypothesis for divine action at the quantum level. The journal's rejection letter simply said, 'This is not a scientific parameter.'"

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Meta-Science

The science of science itself—studying how research is done, published, and becomes accepted knowledge. It's the practice of applying scientific methods to the scientific process to uncover its flaws: publication bias, p-hacking, the replication crisis, and how grant funding shapes what gets studied. Meta-scientists are the mechanics looking under the hood of the knowledge-making machine, often finding duct tape and questionable wiring. It’s a field born from the realization that science is a human institution, with all the attendant biases and inefficiencies, and needs its own peer review.

*Example: "A meta-science study revealed that 60% of psychology studies couldn't be replicated. The researchers then did a meta-study on that finding to see if it was replicable. It's turtles—and slightly depressing statistics—all the way down."*

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Meta-Sciences

The collective disciplines that take a step back to analyze the foundations, methods, and implications of various scientific fields. This includes philosophy of science, history of science, sociology of scientific knowledge, and data about data (meta-data analysis). It’s the humanities’ revenge on STEM, asking not just "what do we know?" but "how do we know we know it, who decided, and what power structures were in the room when they did?"

Example: "His degree in Meta-Sciences meant he could deconstruct a physics paper's conclusion, not by arguing the math, but by analyzing the funding sources, the editorial board of the journal, and the historical context of the paradigm it relied on. He was exhausting at parties."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Metabolical Sciences

The interdisciplinary study of metabolism as the central, dynamic processing core of living systems, from cells to ecosystems. It goes beyond biochemistry to model the flow of energy and information as a unified, complex adaptive system. This field asks how metabolic networks make decisions, compute, and evolve. It’s the science of life not as a bag of parts, but as a relentless, strategic game of energy acquisition, allocation, and survival played out in chemical reactions.

Example: "Her lab in Metabolical Sciences doesn't just chart metabolic pathways; they model them as a cognitive economic network. Cancer isn't just rogue cells; it's a metabolic strategy that hacks the body's energy signaling protocols. They treat ATP like currency and enzymes like traders."

by Dumu The Void January 30, 2026

Thermodynamical Sciences

The broad field encompassing all scientific inquiry where thermodynamics is the primary lens—from traditional heat engine engineering to cosmology (the heat death of the universe) and information theory (Landauer's principle). It's the science of what's possible given energy and entropy, setting the ultimate boundaries for everything from chemical reactions to computation.

Example: "She studied Thermodynamical Sciences, which meant she could tell you the minimum energy required to erase a bit of computer memory, the maximum efficiency of a star, and why your room gets messier over time. She called it 'the science of inevitable loss,' which made her a riot at parties."

by Dumu The Void January 30, 2026

Crony Science

A corrupt system where scientific funding, publication, and prestige are allocated not by merit, but through personal networks, institutional favoritism, and backroom deals. It's an old boys' club masquerading as a meritocracy, where who you know matters more than what you discover.

Example: "The grant went to the department chair's former student, despite a weaker proposal. That's crony science. The peer-review panel was stacked with his buddies, the journal he edits fast-tracked the publication, and a mediocre finding was launched as a major breakthrough."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026