Hi Folmer, > I was hoping to see what kind of science was behind the computer program that > generated the unique papers.
Combinatorics in this case. The article was pre-written, he just replaced some names. Typically for hard science texts you would use a formal grammar with random production rules instantiation. To generate a philosophic text you could apply a Markov chain trained on existing papers. Kind regards, Dmytro. From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Folmer Fredslund Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] OT: "Who's Afraid of Peer Review?" Hi Navdeep, I feel disappointed. (not your fault) I was hoping to see what kind of science was behind the computer program that generated the unique papers. That doesn't seem to be contained in the linked article. The article does, however, seem to be lacking in peer review itself? Or can anything be done in the name of journalism? Why were only open-access journals selected? I guess I'm just repeating the questions that many others have asked since the publication. Best regards, Folmer 2013/10/9 Navdeep Sidhu <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> John Bohannon wrote about his experience writing "a computer program to generate hundreds of unique papers." Thought some of you might find it of interest: John Bohannon. Who's Afraid of Peer Review? Science 342 (Oct. 4, 2013) 60-65. DOI: 10.1126/science.342.6154.60 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full Best regards, Navdeep --- Navdeep Sidhu University of Goettingen --- -- Folmer Fredslund
