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Since it's trendy to recommend related books on HN, I'd nominate "Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science" by none other than Alan Soka
by swebs 7y ago
Since it's trendy to recommend related books on HN, I'd nominate "Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science" by none other than Alan Sokal. It's a fascinating read and just as valid today as it was 20 years ago when it was published, which is actually a bit depressing in my opinion.
- carlob 7y agoI read that book (FWIW you should also mention the other author: Bricmont). While I agree it's very interesting I don't think it applies that much to the type of studies in this report. As far as I can recall it seems to focus mostly on history and philosophy of sciences, literary criticism and cultural studies.