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Jun 30, 2023 at 6:42 answer added Per Alexandersson timeline score: 1
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Apr 5, 2017 at 0:23 comment added Jacob Murray Wakem @PeteL.Clark That is interesting because in mathematics "the genius of Proust is that which he produced" holds most acutely. You cannot B.S a proof to someone actually trying to read it.
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Mar 13, 2017 at 20:40 comment added Pete L. Clark I am surprised (not unpleasantly...) to see such a long list of joke arxiv papers in the field of astrophysics. There are no joke arxiv papers in mathematics. Please correct me if I'm wrong....Pretty please?
Mar 13, 2017 at 16:17 answer added Franck Dernoncourt timeline score: 43
Mar 12, 2017 at 16:37 comment added Danica To those in the know, "Under review as a conference paper at SIGBOVIK 2017" is also a strong indicator, SIGBOVIK being the Association for Computational Heresy's annual conference held on or around April 1 in in Pittsburgh.
Mar 12, 2017 at 9:56 comment added JdeBP It is interesting to observe that the cultural split in the answers here, between Oh April Fools Day is all good fun! and This just creates a mess that impacts other people., is the same as at Wikipedia.
Mar 12, 2017 at 8:34 history tweeted twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/840843478405922816
Mar 12, 2017 at 8:02 answer added David Z timeline score: 153
Mar 12, 2017 at 2:54 comment added Franck Dernoncourt @MadJack arXiv policy.
Mar 12, 2017 at 2:28 comment added Mad Jack OK, according to whom?
Mar 12, 2017 at 1:43 comment added Avery I think it is okay when the paper is extremely funny, like the one you have linked.
Mar 12, 2017 at 0:08 comment added Antonio Vargas viXra would be a better place for joke papers.
Mar 11, 2017 at 23:49 answer added PsySp timeline score: 41
Mar 11, 2017 at 23:43 history asked Franck Dernoncourt CC BY-SA 3.0