Post: #1

I happened across this Twitter account whilst reading a story about Jordan Peterson, the University of Toronto professor fighting a free-speech battle against SJWs, and couldn't pass it up to share.

Apparently it's run by an anonymous group of academics who are sick of being associated with the bullshit that academia is churning out in this day and age.

Here's a selection of some of their best hits

Post: #2

If #FakeNews is a thing then we must hold this #FakeAcademia to account, these are hilarious though, thanks HSLD, had a family dinner tonight and we were all in hysterics looking at some of these!

Post: #3

I'm confused. Is this satire or actual abstracts from published papers?

Post: #4

(11-23-2016 12:38 AM)MidJack Wrote:  I'm confused. Is this satire or actual abstracts from published papers?

God help us all, it's the real thing. I Googled one of the papers at random. It exists.

God save us from people who mean well. -storm

Post: #5

North American University: best brain damage money can buy.

Post: #6

(11-23-2016 12:44 AM)Paracelsus Wrote:  

(11-23-2016 12:38 AM)MidJack Wrote:  I'm confused. Is this satire or actual abstracts from published papers?

God help us all, it's the real thing. I Googled one of the papers at random. It exists.

I think they're writing the fake papers and getting them published to show they'll publish postmodernist academic papers no matter how ridiculous.

Here's how academia is discredited in Computer Science:

https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/archive/scigen/