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June 18, 2009

Paging Alan Sokal: “Editor quits after journal accepts bogus science article”

Is it incomprehensible? Why, then it must be brilliant! Just ask anyone who’s ever tried to get through Lacan! So much is wrong here that I haven’t much to offer, really. Are academics truly paying to get their papers published these days? Because wow. The editor-in-chief of an academic journal has resigned after his publication accepted a hoax article. The Open Information Science Journal failed to spot that the incomprehensible

Thursday space filler post, because I’m coaching t-ball, and my son can’t yet catch and/or hit (or, “A brief message from my Rice Krispies”)

Rice Krispies: “Snap! Crackle! Pop! Pop! Snap! Snap! Crackle! Snap! Snap! Oh, hey, Jeff. Dude, whole milk? Seriously? Crackle! Snap!” *** (a necessarily abbreviated version of this post appears on my TWITTER page. Question: Are you following me yet on TWITTER? Because there are LOTS of minutes in the day…) *** Oh. And yeah, I’m still running my fundraiser — and I remain about a grand short. If you can