Sokal and Pluckrose-Boghossian-Lindsay were polemics against misguided academic practice, you can make a case that these were piss-takes, not research projects.

Sokal and Pluckrose-Boghossian-Lindsay were polemics against misguided academic practice, you can make a case that these were piss-takes, not research projects. Note that there were real-world repercussions against Boghossian from his institution.