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
::: spoiler solution
- AI
- pain killers :::
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I'm sending this to my old wetlands ecology professor and I'm almost certain she's going to print this out and hang it in her office.