Re:Proceedings Start Against ‘Sokal Squared’ Hoax Professor
by twic on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:00PM
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Was this research, though? Or was this goofing around? Was their goal to publish a paper about what they'd done? If so, it's research. But if not, this is not research. Academics aren't required to get board approval for every human interaction they have.
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Re:Proceedings Start Against ‘Sokal Squared’ Hoax Professor
by wgerard on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:13PM
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From my other comment:
As the author stated, the goal was to:
> "to study, understand, and expose the reality of grievance studies, which is corrupting academic research"
"study" being the operative word, there.