Воззренология

15:23 Jan 18, 2019 

The only "grave" danger in either language is that science will be buried forever. But, back to the challenge at hand: With the same ease with which Russians concoct fields of research and dub them "X-логия", English-speaking researchers think up various types of "studies" (in the sense of a field of study, not only a particular study/исследование). "Post-feminist studies," "gender fluidity studies," "device interaction studies," etc. They all sound quite scientific and simultaneously, many of them, crazy.

14:02 Jan 18, 2019 

https://rdp4v.livejournal.com/1447498.html

The grave danger of Rachel's answer lies in its "face value" - it sounds sane and even scientific, as opposite to Scientology where the term itself should be considered a legally justified reason to institutionalize the followers.

Rachel, by all means, no pun intended.

12:24 Jan 18, 2019 

Миша, готов подписаться под каждым словом (поэтому и написал, что я стал дремуч), но перевести все равно придется... А за сим останавливаюсь на варианте Rachel.

09:12 Jan 18, 2019 

promoted by the publish or perish mantra (talk about a different flavor of #metoo!). With this in mind, have you considered simply transliterating this gem as "vozzrenology" (or perhaps even "nozdreology," because who is really going to notice the difference?:)))) and then just continuing with the rest of the text as it gives the explanation of what that animal is. I mean, what's the point of inventing a soundbite for something that does not exist and that no one ever heard of, or even recycling an existing term that may evoke totally different references, as in that eating dirt and sand example Rachel has given?

23:49 Jan 17, 2019 

Ага, Ирина! Значит не я один такой...
:-)

23:41 Jan 17, 2019 

Я-то думала, ничто не побьет сайентологию... Ан нет. Вопрос должен был быть задан под рубрикой "Диагноз".