Sokal Affair

[theunamedguy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

[agf]

The article: http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/trans...

Sokal announcing the hoax: http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/lingua_franca_v4/li...

The response by Social Text to Sokal announcing the hoax: http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/SocialText_reply_LF.pdf

Sokal's response to Social Text's response: http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/reply.html

[placeybordeaux → agf]

Wow Social Text's response is worse than what is quoted in wikipedia. They include how they regret that other people did not help them save face.

[dave2000 → agf]

Your move, Social Text.

It's worth looking for Chomsky speaking about post-modernism on youtube (or transcripts). Very amusing.

[mimo777]

I remember working on a research project in statistical physics and my professor taught us the 'politics' of being published. I was crushed.

[hmahncke]

Reverse Sokal Affair (spoofed physics papers): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdanov_affair