{"id":4074,"date":"2009-10-16T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T13:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2009-10-16T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T13:42:16","slug":"comment-re-sokal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2009\/10\/16\/comment-re-sokal\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment Re: Sokal Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4079\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/10\/cold-fusion1.jpg\" alt=\"cold-fusion\" width=\"424\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/10\/cold-fusion1.jpg 530w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/10\/cold-fusion1-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>One of our readers, Alan, in response to Michael Sinding&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/2009\/10\/16\/michael-sinding-big-picture\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a>, makes this observation about the Sokal hoax:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the link to Berube \u2013 he is now on my Google Reader list \u2013 though his comparison of the Sokal hoax to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_fusion\" target=\"_blank\">Pons-Fleischmann<\/a> is fatuous, so I distrust him automatically; Pons-Fleischmann set off a firestorm of skepticism (I remember, I was there) in the scientific community, which is neither so gullible, nor so in love with false scientific legitimation, as the cultural studies community. 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