Thoughtful article, but not a new phenomenon. Consider the Hawking-Preskill wager regarding black hole information. The MIT Senior prank, Grievance-studies affa

Thoughtful article, but not a new phenomenon. Consider the Hawking-Preskill wager regarding black hole information. The MIT Senior prank, Grievance-studies affair, or Sokal are another place where smart people do fun things. It would seem though that the endgame is wildly different though for this type of fun, where the incident social contract implies limited harm. This sort of bandwagoning which society has been pigeonholed into (betting is illegal, pranks are a cybersecurity risk) has wildly different material outcomes. Many places a proposition can be called into question, humans do so through whatever play they're allowed.