 The point of the sesquipedalian title was to poke fun at those who conceal their lack of real expertise by using long and complicated words, whilst making the serious point that more people are fooled by these so-called experts than really should be.The book is commonly referred to simply as Nonscience, which is itself a play on "nonsense".The April issue of 2012 of "Laboratory News" contained an article that has caused paleontologists and other geoscientists to question the scientific integrity of the publication.