Journal of controversial ideas
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Journal of controversial ideas
https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/
Exactly what the title says. New journal, peer reviewed, options for pseudonyms, regular submissions, claim it later etc. Should prove interesting.
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Exactly what the title says. New journal, peer reviewed, options for pseudonyms, regular submissions, claim it later etc. Should prove interesting.
If already mentioned elsewhere, feel free to move or nuke this thread.
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
It seems publication using a pseudonym can be truly anonymous.
Instructions for authors say...
Instructions for authors say...
Authors should set up an email address to use exclusively to communicate with us. The email address should not include any reference to the author's name or other personal details. We recommend using an encrypted email service, such as ProtonMail. Authors should regularly check the email address while their manuscript is under consideration, since it will be the only means we have to communicate with them, and to provide updates as to the status of their manuscript. We strongly recommend using an email address that is not provided by a third party, such as an employer, that can claim a right to read the content of the author’s emails.
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
I'm quite sure that the chance to publish one's controversial ideas *in a peer-reviewed journal* definitely won't attract large numbers of racists, Holocaust deniers, climate "skeptics", and anti-vaxxers.
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IIRC it’s one of the founding tenets of science; the ability to anonymously publish ideas without the option to certify academia credentials, confirm lack of undisclosed COIs, assess previous publications or in any sense hold the authors accountable in anyway for their views.sTeamTraen wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:47 pmI'm quite sure that the chance to publish one's controversial ideas *in a peer-reviewed journal* definitely won't attract large numbers of racists, Holocaust deniers, climate "skeptics", and anti-vaxxers.
I mean only good things can come from all that, Shirley.
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
I expect we're about to be shocked - shocked - to find that people who consider themselves intellectually persecuted are actually just c.nts.
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
The approach to pseudonymity is interesting, but what's the point of having 'controversial' ideas if you can't use them to hitch a ride on the Big Right Wing Grift Wagon?
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
It's also well known that many major scientific advances come from spoof manuscripts submitted to journals anonymously - that have been carefully crafted to contain hints that they have been written by a figure that the true author wishes to satitirise.Little waster wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:12 pmIIRC it’s one of the founding tenets of science; the ability to anonymously publish ideas without the option to certify academia credentials, confirm lack of undisclosed COIs, assess previous publications or in any sense hold the authors accountable in anyway for their views.
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
I've already submitted my latest paper, entitled "Lysenko was right after all", under my usual pseudonym, Dick D. Awkins.bob sterman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:28 amIt's also well known that many major scientific advances come from spoof manuscripts submitted to journals anonymously - that have been carefully crafted to contain hints that they have been written by a figure that the true author wishes to satitirise.Little waster wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:12 pmIIRC it’s one of the founding tenets of science; the ability to anonymously publish ideas without the option to certify academia credentials, confirm lack of undisclosed COIs, assess previous publications or in any sense hold the authors accountable in anyway for their views.
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That's probably the second fatal flaw in this journal.secret squirrel wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:33 amThe approach to pseudonymity is interesting, but what's the point of having 'controversial' ideas if you can't use them to hitch a ride on the Big Right Wing Grift Wagon?
The first being that there aren't really any controversial ideas with any merit that you can't publish in regular journals. You just have to word it correctly.
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So I could write an anonymous paper comprising of absolute bollocks to a disreputable journal, and then submit a similarly bollocksy non-anonymous paper to another disreputable journal, but cite the first load of bollocks as a source?
Seems legit.
Seems legit.
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
Hhm. It would probably take a talented young hacker about five minutes to get the true identities. But that would be wrong, of course.bob sterman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:18 pmIt seems publication using a pseudonym can be truly anonymous.
Instructions for authors say...
Authors should set up an email address to use exclusively to communicate with us. The email address should not include any reference to the author's name or other personal details. We recommend using an encrypted email service, such as ProtonMail. Authors should regularly check the email address while their manuscript is under consideration, since it will be the only means we have to communicate with them, and to provide updates as to the status of their manuscript. We strongly recommend using an email address that is not provided by a third party, such as an employer, that can claim a right to read the content of the author’s emails.
It's pretty much vanity publishing. Someone thinks their ideas are SO important the world deserves to hear them.
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Cowardly vanity publishing - their ideas are so important but they don't have the courage to stand by them.
it's okay to say "I don't know"
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It does seem to be an opportunity for a Scrutable competition, lets see who can be first to get a load of codswallop published.
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How do we sign up to be anonymous reviewers as well as contributors?Boustrophedon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:55 pmIt does seem to be an opportunity for a Scrutable competition, lets see who can be first to get a load of codswallop published.
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It's a homeopathic journal; the fewer reviews an article gets, the more potent the ideas.dyqik wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:14 pmHow do we sign up to be anonymous reviewers as well as contributors?Boustrophedon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:55 pmIt does seem to be an opportunity for a Scrutable competition, lets see who can be first to get a load of codswallop published.
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
Just out of curiosity was Sam Harris criticising it or promoting it on his podcast? It is quite hard to guess...
Re: Journal of controversial ideas
Maybe someone should start up a "Journal of uncontroversial ideas"
..so research such as "Arboreal areas and the probability of ursine excreta" or "Papal catholicism index" can be published, peer-reviewed, and cited whenever making an obvious point
..so research such as "Arboreal areas and the probability of ursine excreta" or "Papal catholicism index" can be published, peer-reviewed, and cited whenever making an obvious point
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
Or the Journal of Controversial Ideas That Don't Matter Very Much.
Like the best kind of bacon. Or whether scones should be cream or jam first (SKON not SKONE).
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Re: Journal of controversial ideas
I am Editor in Chief. My word is final!!
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The best kind of bacon is that which is on my plate rather than someone else's
My partner is a fundamentalist "cream or jam first but I can't remember which"..I have had many dozens of scones where I've done top half one way and bottom half the other and really can't tell the difference.
But re the pronunciation: when it's on the plate in front of you, it's a SKONE; when you've eaten it, it's SKON
The journal sounds like it has merit
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