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    Exclamation Three American science journals publish spoof 'scientific study'

    May the farce be with you.

    These are not the papers you are looking for: Three American science journals publish spoof 'scientific study' full of Star Wars references that was authored by 'Dr Lucas McGeorge' and 'Dr Annette Kin'


    By Dailymail.com Reporter
    PUBLISHED: 10:10 EDT, 23 July 2017

    It must have been a Jedi mind trick.

    A neurology expert has revealed they were able to convince a trio of medical journals to publish their Star Wars-themed 'fake' manuscript, despite it being packed full of references to George Lucas' iconic series.

    The author, who writes online under the name Neuroskeptic, said their paper titled 'Mitochondria: Structure, Function and Clinical Relevance' was poorly written and 'an absurd mess of factual errors, plagiarism and movie quotes'.

    'I wanted to test whether 'predatory' journals would publish an obviously absurd paper,' the hoax's author wrote for Discover Magazine.


    This is the front page of one of the published versions of the phony paper, showing it was written by 'Lucas McGeorge' and 'Annette Kin'

    'So I created a spoof manuscript about "midi-chlorians" - the fictional entities which live inside cells and give Jedi their powers in Star Wars.

    'I filled it with other references to the galaxy far, far away, and submitted it to nine journals under the names of Dr Lucas McGeorge and Dr Annette Kin.'

    The name of the authors given in the fake piece are thinly-veiled references to Lucas - Star Wars' creator - and Anakin Skywalker.

    Neuroskeptic went on in their blog post to explain the paper was picked up by four different journals - the American Journal of Medical and Biological Research, the International Journal of Molecular Biology: Open Access, the Austin Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and American Research Journal of Biosciences.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4nmSwasVc
    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner



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    Quote Originally Posted by agitator View Post
    ROFL!
    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner



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