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[[File:Craniometer_phrenology.png|thumb|This citizen is receiving universal craniometry care.]]'''Phrenocracy''' is government by [[phrenology]].
[[File:Craniometer_phrenology.png|thumb|This citizen is receiving universal craniometry care.]]'''Phrenocracy''' is government by [[phrenology]].
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File:Phrenology_ceramic_head.jpg|Head of state.
File:Fowler's_Practical_Phrenology_(1850).jpg|link=Phrenology|''Fowler's Guide for Citizens'' (circa 1850s).
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== Origin ==


The word "phrenocracy" was coined by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] in November 2013:
The word "phrenocracy" was coined by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] in November 2013:
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Source: http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/tsa-blows-a-billion-bucks-on-unscientific-behavioral-detection-program-reinvents-phrenology/14210/14
Source: http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/tsa-blows-a-billion-bucks-on-unscientific-behavioral-detection-program-reinvents-phrenology/14210/14
== In the News ==
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File:Phrenology_ceramic_head.jpg|Head of state.
File:Fowler's_Practical_Phrenology_(1850).jpg|link=Phrenology|''Fowler's Guide for Citizens'' (circa 1850s).
File:Phrenology_ceramic_head.jpg|link=Phrenocracy|Head of state in a [[phrenocracy]].
File:Craniometer_phrenology.png|link=Phrenocracy|[[Phrenocracies]] provide universal craniometry care.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
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Revision as of 22:50, 23 June 2016

This citizen is receiving universal craniometry care.

Phrenocracy is government by phrenology.

The word "phrenocracy" was coined by Karl Jones in November 2013:

Phrenology would work just fine, if we lived in a Phrenocracy.

Source: http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/tsa-blows-a-billion-bucks-on-unscientific-behavioral-detection-program-reinvents-phrenology/14210/14

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference