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==== 1) Three Modern Cases Showing the Pattern ====

===== Example A — Google AI Overviews (2024) =====
* New idea/framework: AI Overview summaries deployed by Google to help users navigate search results.
* Early discomfort: Users noticed nonsensical or misleading summaries soon after launch.
* Categorization & projection: Critics labelled the feature “absurd,” “misleading,” and blamed Google for shoddy AI evaluation.
* Identity defense: Google paused use of one voice and said it was fixing issues — signaling defensive repositioning around trust and accuracy.
* Attack: Public backlash from users and skeptics amplified concerns before deep investigation; critics emphasized what the feature shouldn’t be rather than what it might do well once matured. Analytics Vidhya<ref>{{cite web|title=Analytics Vidhya|url=https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2025/01/ai-controversies/|publisher=Analytics Vidhya|access-date=2025-12-22}}</ref>

Pattern visible: discomfort → quick categorization as “bad,” → projecting threat to credibility, → defensive repositioning, → attack on rollout.

===== Example B — Solar Radiation Modification (2024–2025) =====
* Framework introduced: Methods to reflect sunlight to reduce warming effects.
* Discomfort: Scientists, regulators alarmed when startups began low-level atmospheric tests.
* Categorization & projection: Regulators called these experiments “risky” and potential environmental threats.
* Identity defense: Agencies (e.g., EPA) demanded disclosures and halted activities.
* Attack: Critics often frame geoengineering efforts as dangerous “playing god” rather than engaging technical merits or controlled experiments. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_radiation_modification|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-22}}</ref>

Pattern visible: initial discomfort → quick categorization as hazardous → projection that it undermines climate governance → defensive regulations → attack on exploratory work.

===== Example C — Project 2025 (policy initiative) =====
* New framework: A major political blueprint to reshape U.S. federal governance, widely discussed 2024–2025.
* Discomfort: Citizens and institutions alarmed by scope and ideological framing.
* Categorization & projection: Critics labelled it “authoritarian” or a threat to democratic norms.
* Identity defense: Proponents defended it as necessary reform, rejecting critique as biased.
* Attack: Public rhetoric sharpened, accusing both advocates and critics of undermining national stability. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-22}}</ref>

Pattern visible: discomfort → ideological labelling → projection as existential threat → identity defense → polarized attack.