An Academic Journal Published a Deliberately Nonsensical Physics Paper

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Alan Sokal revealed that Social Text had published a deliberately nonsensical article as a hoax.

Sokal affair Social Text Alan Sokal physics

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Alan Sokal revealed that Social Text had published a deliberately nonsensical article as a hoax.

Sokal affair Social Text Alan Sokal physics

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