Searching 32M academic papers for obscene acronyms hidden in the titles (2022)

oldgradstudent · 2024-09-09T13:52:21.000000Z

No comparison to random texts, no test of statistical significance.

Any reason to assume this is any better than finding codes in the bible?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_code

dgacmu · 2024-09-09T14:01:48.000000Z

I can't assert statistical significance, but I can state that as a Net Exporter of Research Documents, I did have for several years a secret plan to work a particular inside-joke acronym into a paper title. I never managed it, but I did look for opportunities and would have taken it if it had been a good match to the content. I have to assume that I'm not particularly rare.

kergonath · 2024-09-12T06:08:54.000000Z

I am guilty as well, FWIW.

marcosdumay · 2024-09-09T15:47:42.000000Z

Well... If we go assuming the acronyms are real and turns out they are just spurious findings, the consequences will be disastrous!

We should better get more certainty.

sundvor · 2024-09-12T06:22:29.000000Z

With apologies: From TFA's ingress, I immediately got Sh1t and Soapyt1tw3nk. It was a bit too predicable they'd implement the titular themselves.