This list of really bad academic papers that never should have seen the light of day is just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of papers published by less-than-mediocre professors who are forced to "publish or perish" in our system of higher education. Hence, some of the most obscure articles are badly written by people whose unfamiliarity with English grammar and syntax becomes painfully obvious. Daily Caller: Twitter lost one of its leading lights earlier this month when user @Real_PeerReview, who chronicled ridiculous, useless, and unintelligible academic papers, shut down their account in an apparent effort to avoid having their real-life academic career ruined. While @Real_PeerReview’s tweets have been deleted from Twitter, they fortunately are not gone entirely, and can still be read here. The list of the 13 worst academic papers is hysterical - not only the subject matter but the writing as well. Here are a few...(Read Full Post)