The gold medal for deception: How a professor created an international award out of thin air.

In 2016, Florent Montaclair stepped into the spotlight when he received the Gold Medal of Philology, a sort of Nobel Prize for the discipline.

In fact, the award was created by Montaclair himself. It took an investigation by Romanian journalists to uncover this hoax, which is now the subject of a judicial inquiry in France.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260419-the-gold-medal-for-deception-how-a-professor-created-an-international-award-out-of-thin-air?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Philology #Science #Language #AncientTexts #France

Came across this article from 2020 that I bookmarked...

#AncientTexts encouraged hope and endurance when they spoke of #EndTimes

Published: April 13, 2020

"Other apocalyptic texts, such as the #Sibylline #Oracles, describe poetically a coming light, a 'life without care,' and a time when the 'earth will belong equally to all.' "

For those not familiar with the #SibylineOracles, this from Encyclopedia Britainnica:

"Sibylline Oracles, collection of oracular prophecies in which Jewish or Christian doctrines were allegedly confirmed by a sibyl (legendary Greek prophetess); the prophecies were actually the work of certain Jewish and Christian writers from about 150 bc to about ad 180."

https://theconversation.com/ancient-texts-encouraged-hope-and-endurance-when-they-spoke-of-end-times-135639

#Earth4All #GiantLeap

RE: https://aus.social/@perkinsy/116272406544671950

A book is the sum of its parts! 😀
#bookasartifact #ancienttexts #books #libraries #histodons #bookstodon
#bookeditions #publishers
@perkinsy

Dive into the wild world of the Book of Enoch! Fallen angels, giant offspring, cosmic secrets, and eternal gloom await in this apocryphal gem. Uncover mysteries that echo through time. #AncientTexts #bookofenoch #apacrapha #giants #fallenangels

https://assemblybethesda.com/echoes-of-enoch/

I woke up on the spicy side of the jobhunting front today.

https://ko-fi.com/post/On-jobhunting-or-No-I-will-not-train-your-LLMs-f-N4N51RX273

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#writing #kofi #jobhunting #ancienttexts #llm #defense #support