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Scientific hoaxes

Incidence

In 1996 a paper was accepted by the journal Social Text replete with pseudo-scientific solecisms and politically correct jargon. It was submitted as a spoof to demonstrate that any text can achieve academic approval if it includes appropriately progressive and fashionable statements.

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Hoaxes
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Anti-science
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Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
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Language
English
1A4N
J4152
DOCID
12041520
D7NID
159566
Editing link
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Last update
Dec 3, 2024