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May 19, 2017
5:01:10pm

Yurdue Contributor

It's almost the equivalent of saying BuzzFeed is a serious news outlet on the

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Yurdue

Previous username: chuky
Bio page: Yurdue
Joined: Jan 30, 2010
Last login: May 9, 2022
Total posts: 837 (6 FO)

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This is incredible.

riboflavin

5/19/17 4:14pm

their takeaway:

riboflavin

5/19/17 4:16pm

In fairness, this was published in what is known as a predatory journal--an "academic" journal

DrBYU

5/19/17 4:22pm

But the paper itself is a great quasi experiment to demonstrate both the field they targeted and the

DrBYU

5/19/17 4:23pm

It's a relief that this wouldn't happen with climate science research

Indy Coug

5/19/17 5:25pm

whew.

boogers

5/19/17 6:15pm

i wasn't familiar so thanks for chiming in.

riboflavin

5/19/17 4:32pm

Well said, if I published in journals like this I probably wouldn't make tenure

Yurdue

5/19/17 4:57pm

It's almost the equivalent of saying BuzzFeed is a serious news outlet on the

Yurdue

5/19/17 5:01pm

That doesn't stop people from stumbling upon such mindless crapola

StantonMac

5/19/17 5:31pm

My favorite quote about the absurdity of the paper:

5/19/17 6:49pm

hah, and this response (fixed)

Bob Vance

5/19/17 4:18pm

so funny i had to cross my legs just now

5/19/17 4:43pm

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Abe Froman

5/19/17 6:06pm

Zardoz said it more efficiently:

Gustav

5/19/17 4:22pm

This feels less like an indictment on gender studies than on these fake journals

Jay Rick

5/19/17 4:46pm

It's a double indictment

Bob Vance

5/19/17 5:15pm

This reminded me of a graduate level Spanish art class I took at the U.

Thrill

5/19/17 4:47pm

Bad liberal arts teachers want an echo chamber.

HuskerFan2

5/19/17 6:18pm

That analysis actually sounds pretty good 😊

DrBYU

5/19/17 9:22pm

I spoke out against this nonsense in grad school. It didn't go over well.

vagabonder

5/19/17 4:51pm

RE: This is incredible.

nashty

5/19/17 5:22pm

The authors plan to publish a paper titled, "The Conceptual CB Mod...

CougarThug

5/19/17 5:38pm

The Sokal affair itself is still a very instructive study on the

Sandstone Cougar

5/19/17 7:22pm

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