The Sokal affair was a real-life "long con" version of XKCD #451.[1] The farther you get away from STEM subjects, the easier it is to pass off Poe's Law[2] on

The Sokal affair was a real-life "long con" version of XKCD #451.[1] The farther you get away from STEM subjects, the easier it is to pass off Poe's Law[2] on unsuspecting readers. (That doesn't mean that social sciences, literature, and art have nothing important to say.) [1] https://xkcd.com/451/ https://xkcd.com/451/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law