The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct

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Re: The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct

Post by NineBerry » Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:30 am

Just works the same for bad biology journals:

A number of so-called scientific journals have accepted a Star Wars-themed spoof paper. The manuscript is an absurd mess of factual errors, plagiarism and movie quotes. I know because I wrote it.

Inspired by previous publishing “stings”, I wanted to test whether ‘predatory‘ journals would publish an obviously absurd paper. So I created a spoof manuscript about “midi-chlorians” – the fictional entities which live inside cells and give Jedi their powers in Star Wars. I filled it with other references to the galaxy far, far away, and submitted it to nine journals under the names of Dr Lucas McGeorge and Dr Annette Kin.

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuro ... XhS6elpzRY

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Re: The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct

Post by Animavore » Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:14 am

A lot of the "so-called" biology journals are ones you simply pay to publish your article. Here's a brilliant video on it I just so happened to watch yesterday.



One scientist, sick of one of these journals sending him emails, after asking to be taken off numerous times, published an article called, "Take Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List". The abstract was, "Take me
off your fucking mailing list." repeatedly. As was the body. As was the conclusion.

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Re: The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct

Post by Hermit » Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:45 am

NineBerry wrote:Just works the same for bad biology journals:
A number of so-called scientific journals have accepted a Star Wars-themed spoof paper. The manuscript is an absurd mess of factual errors, plagiarism and movie quotes. I know because I wrote it.

Inspired by previous publishing “stings”, I wanted to test whether ‘predatory‘ journals would publish an obviously absurd paper. So I created a spoof manuscript about “midi-chlorians” – the fictional entities which live inside cells and give Jedi their powers in Star Wars. I filled it with other references to the galaxy far, far away, and submitted it to nine journals under the names of Dr Lucas McGeorge and Dr Annette Kin.

[...]
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuro ... XhS6elpzRY
Haha. Sokalled again. Nice work. :tup:
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Re: The Greatest Academic Troll of All Time

Post by Forty Two » Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:11 pm

JimC wrote:Yes.

I find that my spotty little schoolboys get all giggly about lame practical jokes. Generally, they grow out of it...
Nothing wrong with lame practical jokes. Like a fart joke, they have staying power.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Re: The Greatest Academic Troll of All Time

Post by rainbow » Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:19 pm

Forty Two wrote:
JimC wrote:Yes.

I find that my spotty little schoolboys get all giggly about lame practical jokes. Generally, they grow out of it...
Nothing wrong with lame practical jokes. Like a fart joke, they have staying power.
Well said, Farty Twat!
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Re: The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct

Post by laklak » Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:37 pm

NineBerry wrote:
Collector1337 wrote:
NineBerry wrote:It was done to show how bad "pay to get published" journals are.
Wrong.
Wang.
Chung.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct

Post by Forty Two » Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:21 pm

laklak wrote:
NineBerry wrote:
Collector1337 wrote:
NineBerry wrote:It was done to show how bad "pay to get published" journals are.
Wrong.
Wang.
Chung.
King.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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