Read the following excerpt describing a historian's categorization of how academic scientific establishments respond to radical new theories:
'Historians of science categorize the reception of radical new scientific theories by the academic establishment into four distinct phases of institutional friction. In Phase I ("Reflexive Dismissal"), the establishment completely ignores the new theory, treating it as too absurd to warrant even a formal refutation. As the theory gains traction, Phase II ("Methodological Policing") begins: the establishment acknowledges the theory but attempts to invalidate it by attacking the unorthodox methods used to gather its data, rather than addressing the findings themselves. In Phase III ("Protective Assimilation"), the establishment accepts the new data but forcibly reinterprets it so that it appears to fit neatly within the existing orthodox framework, thereby stripping it of its radical implications. Finally, in Phase IV ("Subversive Co-optation"), the establishment fully embraces the theory but falsely claims that orthodox institutions had actually championed the fundamental idea from the very beginning, thus maintaining their historical authority.'
Match each phase of institutional friction to the analogous situation from a different domain that best exemplifies its underlying logical structure.
- Phase I: Reflexive DismissalA renowned literary journal receives a manuscript composed entirely of computer-generated cryptographic hashes; the editorial staff immediately routes it to the spam folder, assuming it to be a software glitch rather than evaluating its artistic merit.
- Phase II: Methodological PolicingA national medical board, confronted with a clinical trial showing unprecedented recovery rates, penalizes the lead researcher solely on the grounds that the trial's patient enrollment process bypassed standard bureaucratic channels.
- Phase III: Protective AssimilationA supreme court upholds a controversial new statute granting legal standing to artificial intelligence, but issues a ruling that frames the decision as a routine application of 18th-century property law regarding corporate personhood.
- Phase IV: Subversive Co-optationA legacy automotive manufacturer, following years of aggressively suppressing electric vehicle development, shifts entirely to battery production and runs an advertising campaign positioning itself as the historical founder of the zero-emissions movement.