# Scientific Labels Can Become Quack Cures by Charles Seife > “Each generation's scientific neologisms adorn the labels of the next generation's quack cures.” > **— Charles Seife**, *2004 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and locator:** [Seife's Law — Charles Seife](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11119) — 2004 Annual Question response, the full representative extract. - **Exact original excerpt:** “Each generation's scientific neologisms adorn the labels of the next generation's quack cures.” - **Context and editing:** Seife presents this as his 2004 law about the misuse of scientific vocabulary. The poster is the complete archived sentence or passage. - **Local Edge archive:** [[research/Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation]], response EDGE2004-073. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Information Persistence in Complex Systems|Information Persistence in Complex Systems]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Science Ecosystem|Science Ecosystem]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Science Ecosystem|Science Ecosystem]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Each generation's scientific neologisms adorn the labels of the next generation's quack cures.” — Charles Seife, 2004 Edge Annual Question, response passage https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-charles-seife-scientific-labels-become-quack-cures ```