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Idea Laundering is a process of pseudo-legitimization of private opinion by publishing it in journals with the status of scientific ones. As a result of poor-quality or biased review, this opinion may be published and receive the status of scientific knowledge, while remaining a private opinion.

History
Aaron Swartz gave on of the first definitions of idea laundering on the SourceWatch wiki page in 2004. Later the term was used in the same think tank related definition by a few people like Alan Tonelson, who even mentioned the notion in the Senate.

In 2018 the concept of idea laundering was revived by