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Researchers Apologize For Writing "Derpy" In A Paper

It appears that memes and science don't mix well. A pair of researchers have published an apology in a peer-reviewed journal - for using the word "derpy" in an earlier paper.In April 2016, Archives of Sexual Behavior published a piece called Fighting the Derpy Science of Sexuality by Banu Subramaniam and Angela Willey.In this paper, Subramaniam and Willey criticized studies of biological differences between human groups:
The various sciences of‘‘difference’&rsquo
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