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Remember the Sokal Hoax [1] and the New Sokal Hoax [2]? And other publishing stings [3]? How are they different? Honest question. At least those journals did
by temp8964 6y ago
Remember the Sokal Hoax [1] and the New Sokal Hoax [2]? And other publishing stings [3]?
How are they different? Honest question.
At least those journals did not ban researchers from the whole university...
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair
2. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-sokal-hoax/572212/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-sokal-...
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scholarly_publishing_stings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scholarly_publishing_s...
- HKH2 6y agoIf those hoaxes were along the lines of 'vaccines cause autism', they might be cause for concern too.
- throwaway19937 6y ago> How are they different? Honest question. The security of the Linux kernel affects millions of people. Submitting fake papers to omphaloskeptic social science journals affects thousands at most.
- temp8964 6y agoReally? How many computers were hacked because of their fake patches?