Scientific conference falls for gibberish prank

Jorath Calar · 04-16-2005, 07:32 PM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...4/s1345732.htm

It's pretty funny, because when I was in university I was sometimes so sure some of the reading material the professors handed out was just computer generated... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Oh and here is the full paper...

http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/scigen/rooter.pdf

shamrock_uk · 04-16-2005, 07:42 PM

Thanks Jorath, that was funny! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Bozos of Bones · 04-16-2005, 07:44 PM

Someone deserves a medal for this! I took some time to read some of the paper... hilarious!!! Especially the charts.

Kakero · 04-16-2005, 10:09 PM

Couldn't believe someone actually fall for those.

Azred · 04-16-2005, 11:17 PM

I had to stop myself from laughing out loud at work! [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img] Too funny!

That paper reminded me a lot of the book The Leaning Tower of Babel which describes the culture of education majors (principals, teachers, etc) as having a lot of babble that passes for research.

Sir Goulum · 04-16-2005, 11:22 PM

How could they fall for that? It makes no sense at all. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Vaskez · 04-17-2005, 06:23 PM

They didn't if you read the article, they accepted it without waiting for reviewer feedback. That means, effectively no one from among the conference organisers read it, or knew anything about it. They accepted it on faith, which is unacceptable in itself.

That's why it's only worth reading articles from respected journals and conference proceedings.

[ 04-17-2005, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]

Northraven · 04-18-2005, 01:40 AM

Ahhh Academia [img]smile.gif[/img] ...some people are so smart they're dumb...

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Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 55 Posts: 4,037	I had to stop myself from laughing out loud at work! [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img] Too funny! That paper reminded me a lot of the book The Leaning Tower of Babel which describes the culture of education majors (principals, teachers, etc) as having a lot of babble that passes for research. __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

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Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	They didn't if you read the article, they accepted it without waiting for reviewer feedback. That means, effectively no one from among the conference organisers read it, or knew anything about it. They accepted it on faith, which is unacceptable in itself. That's why it's only worth reading articles from respected journals and conference proceedings. [ 04-17-2005, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Vaskez ] __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray

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04-16-2005, 07:32 PM	#1
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...4/s1345732.htm It's pretty funny, because when I was in university I was sometimes so sure some of the reading material the professors handed out was just computer generated... [img]smile.gif[/img] Oh and here is the full paper... http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/scigen/rooter.pdf

04-16-2005, 07:42 PM	#2
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	Thanks Jorath, that was funny! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

04-16-2005, 10:09 PM	#4
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	Couldn't believe someone actually fall for those.

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Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	How could they fall for that? It makes no sense at all. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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