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She is brave. Exposing 'pretend science' gets you backlash. Just see consequences from 'Sokal Squared': https://www.chronicle.com/article/Proceedings-Start-Agai

She is brave. Exposing 'pretend science' gets you backlash. Just see consequences from 'Sokal Squared': https://www.chronicle.com/article/Proceedings-Start-Against/245431 https://www.chronicle.com/article/Proceedings-Start-Against/... BTW, If you like what she is doing, you might like RealPeerReview (https://twitter.com/realpeerreview https://twitter.com/realpeerreview)

n4r9 7y ago
Do you think Sokal-type pranks are legitimately exposing pretend science? It seems to me, the strongest conclusion you can make is that some journals are over-eager to publish studies with edgy titles or themes. This might bring into question the average level of scholarship in a field but it doesn't directly challenge whether a field is legitimate. Moreover I don't think a journal with a title like "Gender, Place, and Culture" would classify itself as scientific. Its website certainly doesn't do so [0]. You can't expose pretend science if there's no pretension of science. [0] https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=cgpc20#.VeTSWpjDWRY https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=a...
- Pinegulf 7y ago
  No. It's not to expose pretend science, but pretend science publications/magazines. I believe (No, I don't have evidence) that fields of 'X - studies' have people performing research with rigorous practices. Yet, those holding to standards are marred by nonsense publications from people who disregard standards. Edit: This is enabled by magazines printing without... you know, Review.
geomark 7y ago
If you have not watched Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay on the Joe Rogan show you should. Very entertaining and shows how ridiculous these publications are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZNvT1vaJg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZNvT1vaJg
maxiepoo 7y ago
It seems the consequences of 'Sokal Squared' are because the papers contained falsified data, which is very different from what Dr. Bik is doing here.

n4r9 7y ago

Do you think Sokal-type pranks are legitimately exposing pretend science? It seems to me, the strongest conclusion you can make is that some journals are over-eager to publish studies with edgy titles or themes. This might bring into question the average level of scholarship in a field but it doesn't directly challenge whether a field is legitimate. Moreover I don't think a journal with a title like "Gender, Place, and Culture" would classify itself as scientific. Its website certainly doesn't do so [0]. You can't expose pretend science if there's no pretension of science. [0] https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=cgpc20#.VeTSWpjDWRY https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=a...

Pinegulf 7y ago
No. It's not to expose pretend science, but pretend science publications/magazines. I believe (No, I don't have evidence) that fields of 'X - studies' have people performing research with rigorous practices. Yet, those holding to standards are marred by nonsense publications from people who disregard standards. Edit: This is enabled by magazines printing without... you know, Review.

geomark 7y ago

If you have not watched Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay on the Joe Rogan show you should. Very entertaining and shows how ridiculous these publications are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZNvT1vaJg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZNvT1vaJg

maxiepoo 7y ago

It seems the consequences of 'Sokal Squared' are because the papers contained falsified data, which is very different from what Dr. Bik is doing here.