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trotsky

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23. A humorous spoof of a scientific paper, written by Isaac Asimov...

Tue May 7, 2013, 11:19 AM

May 2013

and published in a science *fiction* magazine. He had requested the publisher use a pseudonym, as Asimov was about to go through his oral exams for his Ph.D. and feared the professors wouldn't appreciate the piece. To his horror, his real name WAS used. But to his delight, the professors joked about it just before they awarded him his degree.

The piece in the OP was submitted to actual theological conferences and was only discovered when the author himself announced it was a hoax.

So the point you were trying to make was what, exactly?

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Would any of our Sophisticated Theologians™ here at DU care to comment on this? [View all] cleanhippie May 2013 OP

I guess this hits too close to home for our resident Serious Theolgians. cleanhippie May 2013 #1

I guess the words are just too big for me. hrmjustin May 2013 #2

There are some posts by another here who espouses "serious theology", you should read those. cleanhippie May 2013 #3

I tried reading this and it made my brain hurt. hrmjustin May 2013 #4

Ha! Iggo May 2013 #6

Now you know my pain!!!! cleanhippie May 2013 #8

Nacirema rug May 2013 #5

I'm not a Calvinist and don't understand their thinking, so I can't comment struggle4progress May 2013 #7

I've visited their campus, and can recommend the slots. n/t dimbear May 2013 #9

Well, none of our Serious Theologians want to respond, but they DO want to hide it! cleanhippie May 2013 #10

An alert was sent for this post. A jury voted 4/2 to Leave It Alone Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #11

Yep. I guess our Serious Theologians would rather hide it than respond. cleanhippie May 2013 #12

I'm going to have to remember to use ™ the next time I need to wind someone up here muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #13

Do you think it's because they are illegally using the trademark Serious Theologian? cleanhippie May 2013 #14

I'm surprised they haven't trademarked skepticscott May 2013 #15

Don't you mean "Solid Post"? cleanhippie May 2013 #16

Need funding first goldent May 2013 #17

Funding? "Serious Theology" is like homeopathy. cleanhippie May 2013 #18

Not only that, but wrong answers are often defunded. The list is long, dimbear May 2013 #19

Word Salad Dorian Gray May 2013 #20

You do understand that's the point, right? n/t Goblinmonger May 2013 #21

Of course Dorian Gray May 2013 #39

Would any of the Sophisticated Scientists here at DU care to comment on this? LTX May 2013 #22

A humorous spoof of a scientific paper, written by Isaac Asimov... trotsky May 2013 #23

Oh. You mean like the Alan Sokal paper, LTX May 2013 #24

Asimov purposely wrote it as a spoof, so it should be no surprise. trotsky May 2013 #25

Well, I guess you're right. LTX May 2013 #26

Just so you know, you're attempting to change the subject. trotsky May 2013 #27

"A fraud is not the same as a hoax." I'll have to remember that one. LTX May 2013 #28

Thank you LTX. thucythucy May 2013 #31

Good, you should remember it. trotsky May 2013 #32

Perhaps we can agree that LTX May 2013 #33

Quite simply, "replicating word salad" is not the same as falsifying research. trotsky May 2013 #34

And here is a test for you. LTX May 2013 #35

Many artists' statements are equally dense. okasha May 2013 #36

For the record, you are the one to use the term "ignorant." trotsky May 2013 #37

Since the examples LTX May 2013 #38

I didn't win, you just failed to prove your point. trotsky May 2013 #40

Well played! Jim__ May 2013 #30

bwahahahaha.... mike_c May 2013 #29