#1847: Dubious Study

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[Megan is standing behind Cueball who is sitting at a computer desk using a laptop.]

Megan: Are you sure this study is legit?

Cueball: Sure, it says it was accepted for publication.

Megan: Where?

Cueball: Hmm... The National Academy of Proceedings.

[Caption below the panel:]

If something is formatted like a serious scientific paper, it can take me a while to realize it isn't one.

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Sounds fine. I looked up the Academy, and it says on their MySpace page that their journal is peer-viewed and downloaded biannually.


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