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You might be thinking of the Sokal hoax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

• Yoric 8y ago
  Definitely am :)
  • foldr 8y ago
    Then you are mistaken. The Sokal paper was published in a fairly obscure journal ("Social Text") where submissions were not even peer reviewed.
    • Yoric 8y ago
      Indeed, I just discovered that. My bad.
      • UncleMeat 8y ago
        This is how this nonsense spreads. People hear this one example and assume that all of the humanities are bullshit without ever investigating further.