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QuesnayJr on Nov 27, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Doomsday climate study debunked by researchers

They let anyone write papers about anything. Physicists regularly write papers on economics and linguistics. Both physicists and economists are probably busily writing crappy COVID papers right now. All we need now is for linguists to weigh in on quantum mechanics or something.

lainga on Nov 27, 2020 [–]

I seem to remember Juan Maldacena wrote a paper explaining gauge theory using Argentinian monetary policy.

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