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Posted on: June 28, 2010 1:08 PM, by Julia Chosy
Try this quiz. Pick out the titles of actual published scientific articles versus ones generated by a mad-libs-style algorithm....
Post your scores for bragging rights.
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I quit while I was still better than a monkey.
Posted by: ss | June 28, 2010 2:12 PM
16/21 hovered around 80% the whole time, not bad IMO since the test is highly physics/astrophysic/gooblegook-centric. Nothing remotely biological in the questions I saw.
Posted by: Lorax | June 28, 2010 5:05 PM
I got 9/13 despite in many cases not having a clue what either title meant. I think their gobbledygook generator is flawed (in particular, it tends to produce overly simple and understandable titles).
Posted by: Anthony | June 28, 2010 5:38 PM
I got 10/10, botched the 11th, and then managed to get a 20/21 before I clicked on the high scores button and accidentally deleted my progress. *doh!*
Not too shabby for an animator who flunked out of bioscience tech school.
Posted by: Left_Wing_Fox | June 28, 2010 5:57 PM
anything with $ is usually right, and where there are sentences that don't seem to make any sense, those are usually right as well. The algorithm seeks to make good sentences, which aren't necessarily what you'd find in articles.
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anything with $ is usually right, and where there are sentences that don't seem to make any sense, those are usually right as well. The algorithm seeks to make good sentences, which aren't necessarily what you'd find in articles.
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It's an entirely different universe - one that has dogs which come in all colors and dogs that don't look like dogs.
Posted by: film izle | October 12, 2010 11:14 PM
Not even remotely close to Hawaii, but Haeckel tattoos deserve some kind of shout-out anyway. Or am I stating the obvious here?
Posted by: partner | November 6, 2010 7:07 PM
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Not even remotely close to Hawaii, but Haeckel tattoos deserve some kind of shout-out anyway. Or am I stating the obvious here?
anything with $ is usually right, and where there are sentences that don't seem to make any sense, those are usually right as well. The algorithm seeks to make good sentences, which aren't necessarily what you'd find in articles.
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Posted by: ukra city | December 30, 2010 10:08 AM
Hi .. sweet .. You have written an excellent blog that has convinced me to read this! Excellent Job! .. The make good sentences, which aren't necessarily what you'd find in articles. I was still better....
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Posted by: emlak haberi | January 8, 2011 4:35 AM
I quit while I was still better than a monkey.
Posted by: star towers | January 14, 2011 3:17 PM
I'm not posting my results :-/
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Oh my god .. very sweet .. make good sentences, which aren't necessarily what you'd find in articles.
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Posted by: hakan | May 14, 2011 4:21 AM
Oh my god .. very sweet .. make good sentences, which aren't necessarily what you'd find in articles. I was still better.
Posted by: altın çilek | May 19, 2011 7:22 PM
fun! I rated undergraduate. noted that the algorithm repeated certain scientific sounding words, which I then avoided. Therefore there is no such thing as a Brane?
Posted by: Wendy | June 30, 2011 12:08 AM
This is a quiz equivalent of monkeys picking stocks (and doing better than analysts).
Posted by: Fall Creek Falls | July 14, 2011 11:18 AM
This is a quiz equivalent of monkeys picking stocks (and doing better than analysts).
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Posted by: سعودي كام | August 22, 2011 10:44 PM
8
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Posted by: عسلي | August 24, 2011 1:57 PM