So, let's just digest what Ketchum says. It was the referee that made her do it. So, if we extrapolate, then there are two possible conclusions based upon her statement. One, the referee realized what a joke her paper really was and forced her to reference a blatant April Fools joke; or, two, the referee was not qualifed to review the paper, and forced inclusion of a blatant April Fools joke out of ignorance. Of course, all this assumes you can take her statement at face value. If you disagreed with the referee, do you not think an editor from such a highly respected journal as DeNovo would have chosen to edit out an obvious April Fools joke from the references to maintian the journal's integrity ? Someone help me out here
Speaking of journals, editors and referees, there supposedly was a precurser to DeNovo: it was called the
Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Exploration in Zoology, and it was supposedly sponsored by a foundation, whose supposed administrator named Casey Mullins was supposedly the editor of the Journal, and the whole kit and caboodle supposedly had a lawyer. And yet, strange to tell, the entire package supposedly appeared, briefly (supposedly) did its thing, and then quickly disappeared (THAT is a fact), kind of like a dog fart during Sunday dinner, without a sound and with only the hint of a foul odor left behind... almost, you might say, like it never existed.
Yes, brothers and sisters: the journal, the foundation, the editor, the supposed reviewers, the lawyer...they are all as gone as those little kids in the National Parks that David Paulides wrote about in Missing: 411.
My question: where is this supposed editor Casey Mullins person who doesn't even have a working email account or internet presence [but never mind] but nonetheless was the supposed editor of the supposed journal sponsored by a supposed foundation ( that also doesn't have an internet presence or an email address) that she supposedly worked for; which supposed journal supposedly passed the paper through a supposedly genuine peer review.
And where is the supposed lawyer for that supposed Casey Mullins/supposed journal/supposed foundation, who supposedly kiboshed the supposedly successfully peer reviewed paper, so as a supposed result Ketchum supposedly had to buy the supposed journal from the supposed foundation and supposedly transmogrify it into the [cough] "DeNovo [supposedly] Scientific Journal?"
I mean, Jackal, with all due respect: what is 'face value' these days?
Just askin.....