quote:Academic identity theft: if you are one of the 2,000 people invited to contribute to a volume supposedly co-edited by Garry Hagberg, you'll want to read this
Philosopher Garry Hagberg (Bard College) writes:
It has come to my attention that my name has been used without my knowledge or permission to support a project in which I have no involvement whatsoever. ...
I don't really think that many people on the street would even try to look at a scientific journal anyway. Lots of people on the street think that National Geographic is a scientific journal. That won't change quickly.
I hear ya.
I remember some creationist ranting here about the fact that somebody without a doctoral degree had a letter published in Scientific American.
I also remember someone ranting that Scientific American was influential in keeping atheists in control of science.
(Now that I think about it, I am probably remembering two posts by a single person).
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