This probably deserves its own posting, and the skeptic crowd is a bit late to the joke, but it turns out that AAAS didn't have to make up an april fools joke.
They just took the IBWO fiasco and changed the names ...
Have a look, happy belated april fools:
"pig footed bandicoot"
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That story is no more outlandish than Bobby's, Gallagher's, Hillcrow's, Fitzcrow's, or Pulliam's.
Whoever wrote this SOOOO has been following the IBWO fiasco. All it's missing is a quote from somebody who has been searching for the critter "most of their lives."
"That story is no more outlandish than Bobby's, Gallagher's, Hillcrow's, Fitzcrow's, or Pulliam's"
It is far less outlandish, not as funny, and lacks that essential element of tragedy
Jesu christo people, have the folks at AAAS been following this? This is by far their biggest story ever ... it pegged the meter over at SCIENCE and you can bet they are following it ...
i think actually this april fools isn't as funny as it could be because the editor wouldn't let it get that funny. He is neck deep in bandicoot poop on this one ... and it is only a miracle that he has avoided the press as long as he has ... afterall it was Kennedy who short circuted peer review from the get go.
For some reason, James Gorman at the NYT hasn't felt like he could connect all the dots.
One of the major dots that remains unconnected is the information about who on the AAAS staff Kennedy assigned this article to ... (the peer review process) and the fact that no other science story was ever handled like this one ... ever ...
"i think actually this april fools isn't as funny as it could be"
just like most attempts at humor and intentional absurdity posted to this blog. IBWO truth really is stranger than bandicoot fiction.
I much preferred the Punkbirders BBC article, but maybe that's because I'm an Anglophile (they have better bird record committees)
This April Fool joke is the best of all time. Because of who posted it and on what website.
It's a poke in the eye of Science.
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