The Content Cluster Muster (05.25.17)

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Putting a Little Americana into the Open Road

Always an enjoyable set of pics . . .


They Forgot Plaidimer Putin


What Would We Ever Do Without Peer Review?

Another episode in the chronicles of Higher Ed Hooey . . .


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"A" dad
"A" dad
6 years ago

So……………
That hoax article seemed to point out how easy it is to propagate a cultural and academic phallusy. ????
(sp?)

Rob Steele
Rob Steele
6 years ago
Reply to  "A" dad

Layers and layers of fact checkers and editors. Now we know why they’re in layers.

"A" dad
"A" dad
6 years ago
Reply to  Rob Steele

One would think that the topic itself would arouse some suspicion by the fact checkers,
There must have been some sort of dysfunction in the methodology applied.????

OKRickety
OKRickety
6 years ago
Reply to  "A" dad

ROTFL! Look up the word without the “y” and you might choose to edit that comment to read fallacy.

"A" dad
"A" dad
6 years ago
Reply to  OKRickety

Are you suggesting I made a phaux pas? ????

ashv
ashv
6 years ago

If you enjoy this sort of perspective on academia I can’t recommend https://twitter.com/realpeerreview highly enough. To mix a metaphor, there’s enough wood, hay, and stubble in there to burn for quite a long time…

In particular I enjoy the first comment on this Retraction Watch piece about the hoax: http://retractionwatch.com/2017/05/24/publisher-blames-bad-choice-reviewer-publication-hoax-paper-penis-social-construct/?utm_content=buffere69b9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Apparently even though it was intended to be a hoax some people think it ought to be taken seriously.

jigawatt
jigawatt
6 years ago
Reply to  ashv

Copied here, for posterity, or at least for a little while. Daniel Helman May 24, 2017 at 3:40 pm I have read the paper and conclude that although the authors intended to write a hoax paper, their paper adheres to the standards of the field and is coherent. The authors do not believe in what they’ve written, and I think it is interesting to consider that a satire piece such as this may actually portray a valid perspective despite their intentions. Their work highlights differences between the natural and social sciences. I am not uncomfortable with the notion that the social… Read more »

jigawatt
jigawatt
6 years ago
Reply to  ashv

Apparently even though it was intended to be a hoax some people think it ought to be taken seriously.

And why shouldn’t they? It’s indistinguishable from most “Feminist Studies” papers.

Please, somebody with some web ninja skills write a program that automatically generates these papers.

katecho
katecho
6 years ago
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Amanda Wells
Amanda Wells
6 years ago

Pastor Doug, how is your son doing?

Valerie (Kyriosity)
6 years ago
Reply to  Amanda Wells

Amanda, here’s a video Nate posted yesterday.

Amanda Wells
Amanda Wells
6 years ago

Thanks, Valerie!

Matt
Matt
6 years ago
"A" dad
"A" dad
6 years ago
Reply to  Matt

Sober?
No lack of koolaide saturating that article.

D
D
6 years ago
Reply to  "A" dad

Could you point it out? Massimo’s article is infinitely better than the self trumpeting skeptic article.

(I take the “pretty much all gender studies are BS” position. But bad arguments and antics aren’t helpful.)

"A" dad
"A" dad
6 years ago
Reply to  D

The Massimo article was pretty long winded, so it bears a striking resemblance to an ad nauseam fallacy.
Then it allows that there is often times no “science” in social science endeavors, but rather social science functions as a “tuxedo” for non authoritative opinions. The hoax pretty much fights opinion with opinion, but social science does not have the scientific standing to classify itself as more than a dressed up opinion in the first place.
The Koolaide is, social science even thinking that it is a scientific discipline.????

Matt
Matt
6 years ago

In other news, say what you want about the left’s thug elements, at least they don’t (yet) elect them to office.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/26/gianforte-wins-montana-house-candidate-facing-assault-charge-wins-special-election.html

"A" dad
"A" dad
6 years ago
Reply to  Matt

Actually, yes the left does!
Take Al Franken, ….please!

http://nypost.com/2004/01/27/al-franken-knocks-down-dean-heckler/

????