''Culture Made Stupid'' (also spelled ''Cvltvre Made Stvpid'', ) is a book written and illustrated by

Tom Weller ''Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World Around Us'' is a 1985 book written and illustrated by Tom Weller. The winner of the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book, it is a parody of a junior high or high school-level science text ...

in 1987. The book is subtitled "A Misguided Tour of Illiterature, Fine & Dandy Arts, & the Subhumanities", and it satirizes

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and the

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. The book in its entirety i
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, a columnist for ''

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'', called the book a "neglected classic". Weller wrote a similar volume ''

Science Made Stupid ''Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World Around Us'' is a 1985 book written and illustrated by Tom Weller. The winner of the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book, it is a parody of a junior high or high school-level science text ...

'', satirizing

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, which won the 1986

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