• more about #ieee
    Slatz_Grobnik: Sokal'd! And The Man Himself only printed a new book on his un-hoax this year. The "we're fucked as a civilization" factor for this is high. more »
    Annalee Newitz: I'm just excited that nobody has complained yet about the animated gif. more »
    Grey_Area: The acceptance process is probably run by an automated system. Soon they won't even need people to read these. Progress! more »
  • #badscience

    Computer-Generated Paper Accepted for Prestigious Technical Conference

    A prankster who submitted a computer-generated research paper to the International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering discovered that not only was his fake paper accepted - its "author" is to chair a panel.