DELINGPOLE: ‘Penises Cause Climate Change’; Progressives Fooled by Peer-Reviewed Hoax Study

Breitbart ^ | 05/20/2017 | James Delingpole

[ForYourChildren]

Gender studies is a fake academic industry populated by charlatans, deranged activists and gullible idiots. Now, a pair of enterprising hoaxers has proved it scientifically by persuading an academic journal to peer-review and publish their paper claiming that the penis is not really a male genital organ but a social construct.

The paper, published by Cogent Social Sciences – “a multidisciplinary open access journal offering high quality peer review across the social sciences” – also claims that penises are responsible for causing climate change.

The two hoaxers are Peter Boghossian, a full-time faculty member in the Philosophy department at Portland State University, and James Lindsay, who has a doctorate in math and a background in physics.

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[fella]

"After completing the paper, we read it carefully to ensure it didn’t say anything meaningful, and as neither one of us could determine what it is actually about, we deemed it a success."

[fella]

Professor Irwin Corey just recently left us on 9 February 2017. The first time I saw him was on the old Steve Allan show that was the forerunner of The Tonight Show.

[onedoug]

The abstract should have been enough for these reviewers to realize they were being had.

What a pack of idiots.

[rockinqsranch]

“The World’s Foremost Authority” was 102 years of age. Yes, I too first became aware of him on the old Steve Allen show. He was a liberal’s liberal, a good guy, and funny.

[fella]

The antics Steve Allan got into with audience participation were epic. The audience vs. the elephant tug-o-war where half the audience got drug away comes to mind. No show has dared to do such things since.

[kosciusko51]

LOL.

[Walrus]

We ALL wrote crap like this in college.

I clearly recall when a failing student in one of my English Lit. courses discovered the word “dichotomy”. He started throwing it around in his essays and class comments ...ended up with an “A”

[sauropod]

bkmk

[Walrus]

We ALL wrote crap like this in college.

I clearly recall when a failing student in one of my English Lit. courses discovered the word “dichotomy”. He started throwing it around in his essays and class comments ...ended up with an “A”

[henkster]

I always tried to put in something about how whatever I was writing about showed how “Man’s inhumanity to man transcends the class struggle.” I really believe the use of the verb “to transcend” gave them orgasms.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Unfortunately, the article did not specifically name the reviewers. I read through the entire article but could only find a reference to Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2. I’m sure that they both are PHDs associated with highly touted universities and professional organizations. These two reviewers should get the public and professional acclaim that they so richly deserve.

[Oatka]

Boghossian and Lindsay were careful to throw in lots of signifier phrases to indicate fashionable anti-male bias:..”

Sounds like a variation of Bullshit Bingo

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Fraternity brother christened his “Lopey the Spoiler.” Still cracks me up 48 years later. Couldn’t top that. Although “Mr. Wangdoodle” did come close.

[TBP]

Global warming?

[lonevoice]

Holy carp. I laughed ‘til I cried.

[Rebelbase]

This article is excellent fodder for smacking down liberals who like to cite “peer reviewed” as the standard that means whatever is written is true when it comes to global warming and climate change.

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[BradyLS]

Well, “Class struggle” is one of the most popular catch-phrases to make SJWs all gooey inside! :-D

[Nevadan]

It would be interesting to find out the titles of all the other “scholarly” studies they peer reviewed.

[Still Thinking]

Uh, dude, your penis IS a pe-er. If not, something’s definitely wrong.