Today, I reached the point in academia where a peer reviewer stated that there was a gap in my knowledge before going on to say that to rectify it I would need to read….. one of my articles. A milestone.
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We had someone publish an article
that included text like
"This is AI generated text. Our AI model is not trained to interpret these
results" Yes, right in the publication. No, no one, not the authors, the editors, the peer reviewers caught it.
The only good part of this is now, in your "response to reviewer", you can not only point out their own 'gap in knowledge', but also directly ask the editor overseeing your review to question their journal's reviewer choices.
That's AWESOME. Oh I dream of having one those moments. it feels so good to imagine them all smug and confident in their self important little bubbles and the
I have experienced that! And had a reviewer tell me that a study could not be research as it had no statistics. I wrote to the editor and said. “Seriously? In 2018 you are allowing this feedback?” It was published with no changes. Are editors reading the reviews?
Recently had an article rejected because, despite 2 reviewers giving it high praise, one reviewer said it was written so badly they couldn't even understand it. They also acknowledged they didn't speak English & had used some sort of online translation.
Congratulations on joining a not-so-elite club--so many of us are in it. My favorite was the reviewer who told me that I had misquoted [my name] and obviously didn't understand [my name's] work.
My latest.
Musk’s glaring conflicts of interest deserve more attention https://thehill.com/opinion/5122059-elons-musk-space-starlink-concerns/
His overlapping roles as both a gov't "official" & CEO of a major defense contractor create inherent conflicts of interest—especially given how deeply his business interests r intertwined with China’s.
It is a special feeling when someone quotes your own work back to you, ignorant of the connection. I hope everyone gets to experience it at least once.
That’s awesome! Reminds me of the moment the Indiana Jones costume designer was lectured on the source of the hat and jacket even after she said, and I’m paraphrasing, ”I designed the costume. I work with Spielberg. I was in the room that day”
I once wrote an article comparing a Mark Twain story to a Star Trek movie. Reviewer 1: Brilliant analysis of Twain, knows nothing about Star trek. Reviewer 2: Good points about Star Trek, needs to read up on Twain. One of my fondest memories.
I once worked as a production manger for a very small defense contractor. Periodically, the DoD would send a representative to review contracts. One day we were in a meeing with one and he said: " I have a problem with these schematics, on some devices the arrow goes in in others they go out.."
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that included text like
"This is AI generated text. Our AI model is not trained to interpret these
results" Yes, right in the publication. No, no one, not the authors, the editors, the peer reviewers caught it.
POP POP MF'ER!
Congrats James! Enjoy!
At least you can be relatively certain your identity was blinded
You can’t fix stupid. On a serious note, best of luck to you 😉
So...yeah. ✌️🪷
Musk’s glaring conflicts of interest deserve more attention
https://thehill.com/opinion/5122059-elons-musk-space-starlink-concerns/
His overlapping roles as both a gov't "official" & CEO of a major defense contractor create inherent conflicts of interest—especially given how deeply his business interests r intertwined with China’s.
Larious