Four scientific journals accepted papers studying the effect of midichlorians on human biology.
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Ender (aka Ender)
Jul 25 '17, 11:15
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"In this case, there wasn’t a shred of reasonable science behind the paper, and [the author] Neuroskeptic notes that it should have been 'rejected within about 5 minutes – or 2 minutes if the reviewer was familiar with Star Wars.' The paper has an entire passage that’s simply an excerpt of Palpatine’s 'Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise' speech, and Neoroskeptic even named the authors Dr Lucas McGeorge and Dr Annette Kin.
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"It’s not all sand in the wrong places with this faux paper and these journals, however. Neuroskeptic says that there were plenty of journals that rejected the paper, and a few even sent back revisions, with new prequel meme suggestions and comments."
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