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[[File:Craniometer_phrenology.png|thumb|Craniometer.]]'''Phrenocracy''' is government by [[phrenology (nonfiction)]].
[[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 rises to top of phrenocratic hierarchy.
File:Fowler's_Practical_Phrenology_(1850).jpg|link=Phrenology|''Fowler's Guide for Citizens'' (circa 1850s) useful guideline for Phrenocracy management.
File:Non-fictino cluster with dual colorings.svg|link=Non-fictino|The compact group of 2-adic [[non-fictinos]] (black points), with selected elements labeled by the corresponding character on the Phrenocratic dual group.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


[[Phrenology (nonfiction)]]
* [[Phrenology (nonfiction)]] - a pseudomedicine primarily focused on measurements of the human skull.


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Latest revision as of 11:49, 27 October 2021

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