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'vegetative electron microscopy' (i.ibb.co)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 283 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When I was in grad school I mentioned to the department chair that I frequently saw a mis-citation for an important paper in the field. He laughed and said he was responsible for it. He made an error in the 1980s and people copied his citation from the bibliography. He said it was a good guide to people who cited papers without reading them.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 days ago (2 children)

At university, I faked a paper on economics (not actually my branch of study, but easily to fake) and put it on the shelf in their library. It was filled with nonsense formulas that, if one took the time and actually solved the equations properly, would all produce the same number as a result: 19920401 (year of publication, April Fools Day). I actually got two requests from people who wanted to use my paper as a basis for their thesis.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Congratulations! You are now a practicing economist. This is exactly how that field works.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Economy is just applied psychology.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

It really isn’t even that.

The closest historical equivalent of an economic professional is the Haruspex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Don't insult me with the e-word!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How did you respond?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I told them to actually solve the equations and think about the results.