This constantly says he invented (along with Dr. Kurti) a new branch of science, namely MG. Never mind that McGee’s seminal work was published in 1984, or that people have been worried about the same problems for hundred of years. This relegates them all to being “precursors to MG.” I actually heard him say once that, “Molecular Gastronomy did not exist prior to 1988, because that’s when I invented the term” – forget that MG doesn’t appear on any of the of the Erice organizers correspondence till 1991. This statement shows This’s strange fascination with semantics. He is basically claiming that the field didn’t exist because the current name that This tirelessly promotes hadn’t yet been coined. Maybe I should rename physics “Fusicks” and say I have invented a new branch of science.
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Arnold considers This a huckster.
This constantly says he invented (along with Dr. Kurti) a new branch of science, namely MG. Never mind that McGee’s seminal work was published in 1984, or that people have been worried about the same problems for hundred of years. This relegates them all to being “precursors to MG.” I actually heard him say once that, “Molecular Gastronomy did not exist prior to 1988, because that’s when I invented the term” – forget that MG doesn’t appear on any of the of the Erice organizers correspondence till 1991. This statement shows This’s strange fascination with semantics. He is basically claiming that the field didn’t exist because the current name that This tirelessly promotes hadn’t yet been coined. Maybe I should rename physics “Fusicks” and say I have invented a new branch of science.