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Whatever you think the Sokal Squared hoax[0] does or does not demonstrate, you have to admit the papers are pretty humorous:

Who Are They to Judge?: Overcoming Anthropometry and a Framework for Fat Bodybuilding [1]

Separately, Alan Sokal has written a measured take on Robin DiAngelo's best selling book on "White Fragility"[2], which thrived on the mania post-George Floyd.

[0] https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studi...

[1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21604851.2018.14...

[2] https://physics.nyu.edu/sokal/white_fragility_FINAL2.pdf



>Sokal Squared hoax[0]

Can you give some context for this that isn't a 47 minute read? What might someone think it does or does not demonstrate?




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