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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I first went about the humane capture of the wildlife of C-100. A few peacocks were caught with bear traps, an iguana was captured via a falling piano, and a peacock bass was shot in the face with a shotgun, all in line with the standards set by the Florida Constitution [3].

Truly gold.

Edit: Didn't realize this was Immaterial Science - my favorite is the FUPLC-NMR-CE6-GC-IR-ICP-MS-MS-MS-MS (pdf warning)

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago

So this is obviously satire but reading this it just sounded way too close to current reality for comfort.

I know that parts of the document are acme levels over the top but other parts sincerely read as if written by your average Maga idiot

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 15 hours ago
[-] yesman@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago

I was tired of being a Darwinist. Now I follow the writings of Dickens; I'm a Dickhead.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 52 points 21 hours ago

How soon before someone is citing this article as evidence? 😩

[-] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 31 points 20 hours ago
[-] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 20 hours ago
[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 38 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

This evidence is certainly in contrast to those who believe, based on the writings of Charles Dickens alone, that the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old.

🤣 this writer is genius

[-] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 21 points 19 hours ago

At first I thought it was satire, but when I saw the writer had the scientific Pokédex entries I knew it was legit

[-] exixx@lemmy.world 28 points 21 hours ago

We’re expected to believe that the peacocks personally recounted their lineage? In English? I feel like the author is just making things up at that point.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 14 hours ago

Well after these peacocks were crushed by a piano, they might have been unable to recount anything at all.

I dunno, but I feel like the author might have taken some creative liberties here...

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 14 points 20 hours ago

The inclusion of Pokédex Entry numbers is great.
Also, I like the sources cited for the paper. One of them is "Pigeon-Elephant Theory: the real origin of humans – Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology by B McGraw"

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 20 hours ago

Is there money in writing crap "research" papers like this?

I would be fine doing this under a pseudonym. But I know UFO researchers really have to hustle a ton. So maybe not?

[-] notthebees@reddthat.com 5 points 18 hours ago

People also do this to take the piss out of a junk journal. Usually ones that let anything through

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 16 hours ago

Ooooohhhh... That's a thing? Let me guess, I have to pay to publish my ChatGPT-authored "research" proving that cats are actually aliens?

[-] Adalast@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I have no idea, but I am guessing the religious right pays handsomely for anything "scientific" which supports their absolutely asinine beliefs.

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Clicked thinking it was legit. Good find OP!

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 16 points 21 hours ago

You got me. This one is too good.

[-] 667@lemmy.radio 22 points 21 hours ago

The first tell was the author using the first person, and the next tell was the piano falling.

[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 20 points 21 hours ago

2 Miami-Dade College, Kendall, FL, USA Department of Fictional Geology

Thankful I saw that first, very relieved.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 7 points 21 hours ago

I only read the abstract. So I missed the piano falling part entirely.

[-] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 7 points 21 hours ago

There are pokédex entry # for fossils!

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 3 points 21 hours ago

That is exactly what clued me in.

[-] waz@feddit.uk 3 points 18 hours ago

“I first went about the humane capture of the wildlife of C-100. A few peacocks were caught with bear traps, an iguana was captured via a falling piano,  and a peacock bass was shot in the face with a shotgun, all in line with the standards set by the Florida Constitution [3].”

[-] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago

You missed the pokedex entries too!

[-] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 19 hours ago

My fave part was the expired crispr kits, arbitrarily cut off at desired date.

[-] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 19 hours ago

Only a few bites because people, understandably, aren't biting that headline.

Share a screenshot of the article instead and they'll be all over it.

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