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RegretLeft's avatar

I recalled that it was one guy - Sokol a physicist - and one paper in a trendy cultural studies journal (claiming that basic facts of physics are merely social constructs). Then I refreshed my memory with this WIki article that seems reasonably honest.

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

In the long run it had zero impact on anyone, any "birthing person" I think would agree.

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Mystic William's avatar

It led to another group of three who did the same thing in a number of places.

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Lisa@eatrealfood's avatar

Podcast Lee merritt with poornima wagh verifies you can't ask questions that contradict accepted hypotheses without ostracism. Yes science has been dying. Lessons that Many professions are built on schemes like. financial pyramid schemes we saw in 2008.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

You're right

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