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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

there is a phrase in scientific publishing where people plagiarize a paper but run it through a thesaurus to change certain words to make it less obvious. thing is, randomly picking things up from a thesaurus leads to what is called tortured phrases.

  • counterfeit consciousness
  • torment executioners

solution

  • AI
  • pain killers

retraction watch has more

[–] midget247 4 points 9 months ago

Torment executioners is a better name and I am using it forevermore

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Torment Executioner is a great black metal band name.