Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 12:50:55 -0400 Subject: RE: Sokal replies From: mindstorm-AT-usa.pipeline.com (crispin sartwell) On May 29, 1996 09:38:13, 'gcb0-AT-Lehigh.EDU (Gordon Bearn)' wrote: >when whomever it was (teillard?) pulled the the Piltdown Forgery we were all >meant to be angry at the forgers.... > >but now when sokal pulls the social text forgery we are meant to be angry at >those who were fooled by the forgery..... > >why this difference in the moral we are expected to draw? for one thing, the piltdown forgery was meant to survive as a forgery: sokal revealed his deception as soon as it was published (or there would have been no point). how seriously are we tasking ourselves here? ------------------
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