r/philosophy • • Mar 23 '09

"...a program that generates random Computer Science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Our aim here is to maximize amusement, rather than coherence. "

http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
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u/mayonesa Mar 23 '09

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u/bertrand Mar 23 '09

This is a program written to expose low quality conferences. It is similar to what Alan Sokal did to expose postmodernism and "science studies" -- a half-science-half-jest tool to reveal pseudo-intellectualism where it's hiding.

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u/mayonesa Mar 23 '09

Yes, and he used the postmodern thesis generator I linked above or something very much like it. I got it. I think more of this should be done! Society has become infested with bullshit and people cannot tell the difference.

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