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I find it pretty distasteful that someone should be able to publish a paper like that. Big names should be just as answerable to review and quality control as e

I find it pretty distasteful that someone should be able to publish a paper like that. Big names should be just as answerable to review and quality control as everyone else. Also, 'Losses' is two syllables. Thanks for playing Paul.

anonu 8y ago
Also, Q.E.D technically references 2 polysyllabic words.
- bytematic 8y ago
  Should have just used the square. QED is a bit pretentious anyways
hwillis 8y ago
Scientists and academics are not above humor: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8113/44/49/492001/meta http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8113/44/49/49...
- fjsolwmv 8y ago
  Humor is fine. Mean spirited incoherent rants that nothing to academic knowledge are not.
- all2 8y ago
  I read through it. Aside from the mention of 'flavors' I think I'm missing the humor.
  - hwillis 8y ago
    The abstract simply reads "Probably not."
    - all2 8y ago
      Oh. I guess I went straight to the blocks of text.
tromp 8y ago
There is also the 2-syllable "better" halfway page 2...