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Green Revolution
period of high agricultural technology transfer in the 1950s and 1960s
Matthew effect
greater accumulation of wealth or status by those who already have it
Alan Smithee
pseudonym used for film directors who do not wish to be credited in a movie production
Münchhausen trilemma
thought experiment about the impossibility of proving any truth: in response to repeated "but why?"s, only the circular argument, infinite regress, or axiomatic argument are possible
15 minutes of fame
short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon
software crisis
term used in the early days of computing science for the difficulty of writing useful and efficient computer programs in the required time
Drinking the Kool-Aid
expression