@VermiciousKnid1 @Meaningness It was submitted to conference proceedings, which has no real peer review or editorial oversight.
@Meaningness @VermiciousKnid1 Well, Social Text had some prestige. Difference between getting into Vogue and getting into the local paper.
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@St_Rev@VermiciousKnid1 It didn’t even pretend to have a peer review system (according to wiki; I wouldn’t know). -
@Meaningness@VermiciousKnid1 It had strong editorial oversight. Downplaying that was part of the attempt at coverup. -
@Meaningness@VermiciousKnid1 cf. the self-description & submission guidelines at http://socialtext.dukejournals.org/ -
@St_Rev@VermiciousKnid1 Bleagh. Put me right off the project. You’d have to read a bunch of this crap to imitate it competently. -
@Meaningness@VermiciousKnid1 ...couldn't distinguish between 'real' work and a meaningless bluff. That was the real accomplishment. -
@St_Rev@VermiciousKnid1 I used to amuse myself at academic parties by seeing which fields I could pass myself off as a graduate student in. - 2 more replies
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@St_Rev@VermiciousKnid1 I am super tempted to Sokal the Journal of Buddhist Ethics, which is vicious nonsense. But am probably too nice.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.