Posted on 11/24/2014 9:20:25 AM PST by dead
Language alert! Bad word mentioned more than 863 times in the linked articled. There are even flow-charts and graphs with the phrase.
But very funny point was made about the validity of citing "peer-reviewed" journals, valuable when somebody attempts to use the phrase "peer reviewed" to shut off debate about an article's content.
(Excerpt) Read more at iflscience.com ...
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That is just TOO funny! “Peer reviewed!” LOL!
reminds me of all the hoaxes that get published as scientific papers and stuff
Hilarious.
Dare I say, this journal is probably required reading at the IRS.
From the article;
“Moreover, dubious medical cures and climate change denial published in these places sometimes gets a run in popular media with people thinking it has been genuinely peer reviewed.”
Climate change denial?
Thanks to the Internet, now you too can participate. Below is a link to a random text generator. Every time you reload the page, you'll get a different random learned paper. Simply cut and paste, then send it to your favorite lib learning institution.
Who knows, perhaps you'll get a PhD out of it.
http://www.faux-texte.com/text-random-10.htm
It’s like Penn getting enviro-whackos to sign a petition to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide*
*That’s water for those of you in Rio Linda.
The images @ the linked article give it that fine ‘All your base are belong to us’ flavor!
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
When I was a graduate student, it used to flummox me how poorly-written and researched most “peer-reviewed” essays truly were. This does not surprise me.
Apparently, they don't seem to realize that this story shoots holes in the manic adherence the AGW crowd invests in the term "peer reviewed".
It's an otherwise entertaining site, with plenty of good information along with their dogma.
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I am going to steal it and send it to AARP.
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