Zen Faulkes @DoctorZen@mastodon.social
Blogging almost sounds quaint now - but it's still one of the best ways to test and refine your academic ideas. Case study: http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2018/12/how-wasting-time-on-internet-led-to-my.html
Lessons from Ian McKellen: It doesn't matter if you are good at your job. It doesn't matter if you love your job. Work can break you for a moment. And that's okay. http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenges-remain-no-matter-your-career.html
New York Times covers academic hoax (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/arts/academic-journals-hoax.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur) but treats it like it's unusual, instead of the fifth this year alone. https://figshare.com/articles/Stinging_the_Predators_A_collection_of_papers_that_should_never_have_been_published/5248264
Magazine article claims some humanities scholarship has gone rotten. Evidence? They got journals to publish hoax papers. https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ But many science journals have published hoaxes: https://figshare.com/articles/Stinging_the_Predators_A_collection_of_papers_that_should_never_have_been_published/5248264
If I'm good this week, I'll get new #DoctorWho #MondayMotivation
I collect fake papers meant to expose junk journals. https://figshare.com/articles/Stinging_the_Predators_A_collection_of_papers_that_should_never_have_been_published/5248264 Lots of them are funny if you're a pop culture fan.
Academic hoaxes! Ever wondered what was the worse fake paper? The most obvious? The funniest? we have 21 contenders in this anthology: https://figshare.com/articles/Stinging_the_Predators_A_collection_of_papers_that_should_never_have_been_published/5248264
Would a paper about human behaviour with an n = 4 get published, never mind international headlines? Yet you can get both for animal behaviour. http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2018/09/giving-octopuses-ecstasy.html
Last night, The Daily Show covered lobsters getting marijuana to sedate them. Here's more about the SCIENCE about that: http://bit.ly/2DfdLYz
