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Yeah, right. Once caught with an egg on their face they just say "it's a prank bro!". Ecyclopedia.com take on what the so called Science Wars was: "The term sc
by pi-e-sigma 3y ago
Yeah, right. Once caught with an egg on their face they just say "it's a prank bro!".
Ecyclopedia.com take on what the so called Science Wars was:
"The term science wars refers to a complex of discussions about the way the sciences are related to or incarnated in culture, history, and practice. These discussions came to be called a "war" in the mid 1990s because of a strong polarization over questions of legitimacy and authority."
Does it sound to you like some tongue-in-cheek discussions and joking around?
- eigenket 3y agoThe special issue certainly wasn't a matter of joking around, but it also wasn't a normal issue of the journal. After he submitted it they wrote to him (wikipedia quotes them): "We requested him (a) to excise a good deal of the philosophical speculation and (b) to excise most of his footnotes." They stuck it in the special issue after he refused to make these changes.
- pi-e-sigma 3y agoIt doesn't matter what issue they put his nonsense in. What matters is that his article was designed on purpose to look 'intellectual' but was made up of total nonsense to prove his point that the editors will allow any junk to be published as long as it looks 'sophisticated'. And he indeed proved it. That's it. They would be better off just admitting that they made a mistake but noo, instead they pretend that nothing happened and it is all just a misunderstanding. And you completely unnecessary carry water for them.