John Horgan (@horganism) ironically chastises me for not citing him in my post on ironic science http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2015/01/16/what-is-ironic-science/ … Getting a bit meta
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Replying to @Neuro_Skeptic
@Neuro_Skeptic@Horganism The term "ironic science" is a bit older than Horgan, look at Google books:pic.twitter.com/PiCPyc8eXM
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Replying to @DegenRolf
@DegenRolf@Neuro_Skeptic Cool! But deceptive. Ngram show texts containing "ironic" and "science," not "ironic science," right?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Horganism
@Horganism@Neuro_Skeptic If that were true, there would be a lot more hits. No, it takes the whole string and is even case sensitive1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DegenRolf
@DegenRolf Couldn't find phrase in 19th century, so can't explain 1880s spike on ngram. Can you?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Horganism @Horganism Ngram uses only a part of Google books, and Google books doesn't cover all the 30 millions books Google scanned.
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