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There are claims that if one uses published papers are a measure of knowledge, human knowledge supposedly doubles every few years. This shows that using published papers is a crappy measure of knowledge as 99.9999% of what is published is utter crap.
1 posted on 02/15/2018 12:04:07 PM PST by C19fan
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“Warp 10 can have devastating and unforeseen consequences on human physiology. “

Cant drive warp 55.


2 posted on 02/15/2018 12:06:23 PM PST by beergarden
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I actually read an article (possibly here on FR) that Academics are so heavily pressured to load up on published articles, and legit Journals limited in space to publish, there’s been an explosion of “low-end” Journals that for a $$$ fee will publish whatever you send them. And there you go. Academic excellence, published.


3 posted on 02/15/2018 12:08:24 PM PST by BBQToadRibs
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He had to go use the most infamous episode in all sci-fi TV history, too.


4 posted on 02/15/2018 12:10:02 PM PST by dangus
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....human knowledge supposedly doubles every few years...

Too bad intelligence doesn't keep up with that 99.9999% utter crap of "gained knowledge".

6 posted on 02/15/2018 12:12:22 PM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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Just wait til we find out how much his FedGov research grant was worth...


8 posted on 02/15/2018 12:15:43 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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The Journal of Irreproducible Results..... still my fave


13 posted on 02/15/2018 12:25:41 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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My guess is it would’ve been accepted by more journals if they had added something about globalwarming to the title.


16 posted on 02/15/2018 12:37:26 PM PST by Dad was my hero
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Warp Speed and Warp Drive are science fiction that, as of now, have no chance of becoming reality. Yet we have these publications printing this tripe as Hypothetical Fact. What is Next, a paper on Han Solo making the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs?????????????


17 posted on 02/15/2018 12:38:03 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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Good thing they didn't ask me to review their paper, I could have spotted it as bogus.

The author alleges that a speed of warp factor 10 induces irreversible changes in physiology, rapid evolution into a slimy amphibian state, as in one episode of the Star Trek Voyager series.

A true trekkie would know that the warp 10 barrier had already been broken without ill effect, in the Star Trek TOS episodes where Enterprise was hijacked by aliens and flown to another galaxy. Their top speed was warp 17 IIRC.

And Counselor Troie is very yummy but irrelevant, being from another series (Star Trek TNG). If you're going to lie in your paper, don't make it so obvious!

20 posted on 02/15/2018 12:58:08 PM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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Clearly this is the result of Global Warming!


21 posted on 02/15/2018 1:02:00 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other opleoour lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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But what about plaid?


23 posted on 02/15/2018 1:05:36 PM PST by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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OURS goes to 11.


25 posted on 02/15/2018 1:07:15 PM PST by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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Most of those “studies” are written and published because “professors” won’t be promoted unless they do them.

The “studies” are stupid.


27 posted on 02/15/2018 1:09:11 PM PST by I want the USA back (Cynicism may just keep you from going insane in a world that has chosen its own demise.)
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31 posted on 02/15/2018 1:48:28 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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wonder how many gloBULL warming papers those rags published?
36 posted on 02/15/2018 4:52:40 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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If people read dissertations they would find the most useless and ridiculous papers earning doctorates.


40 posted on 02/17/2018 1:32:41 PM PST by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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