Re:How to Deconstruct Almost Anything, by a Software Engineer
by michael_dorfman on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @03:19PM
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Not the side you think.
Sokal punked a minor journal that was not particularly well known in the field. His book with Bricmont, attacking "postmodernism", on the other hand, was published by a major publisher, even though large swaths of it had been thoroughly debunked.
Re:How to Deconstruct Almost Anything, by a Software Engineer
by Retric on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @03:50PM
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No, I was talking about a more personal connection. In the publish or perish environment it's easy to submit gibberish that sounds reasonable just to get another paper out there.
Sokal punked a minor journal that was not particularly well known in the field. His book with Bricmont, attacking "postmodernism", on the other hand, was published by a major publisher, even though large swaths of it had been thoroughly debunked.