What do you call someone who is not a scientist per se, and not a sci-fi writer per se, but who nevertheless dabbles in predicting or looking at the future via essays, blogs or websites? A scifientist, that\\'s what.
Has this word ever been used this way before? If so, who coined it and when? This could be a good way of defining people who are not scientists but who are looking into the future of our planet in terms of climate change and global warming.
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Scifientist? Or sci-fi-entist?
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Or sci-fienist?
'Science Popularist' I've heard people use this to describe those group of people.
Thanks for that, Sir, I didn't know. I googled the term and could only find a blogger who used the userid of "scifientist" as his moniker online. but in news stories and Urban Dictionary, I still cannot find any referenecs to the word. can you point me to the reference or citation where you saw the concept of people who popularize science as 'scifientists'? Thanks. I am sure there is nothing new under the sun, so I am sure someone has already coined the word. just want to find out where the citation is. Thanks.
Danny, a New Scifientist!
A friend in the Midwest writes:
Scifientist: a science fiction afficiondo crossed with a serious scientist.
Yeah, there is a fine line between science fiction and science fact these days.
It's hard to say.