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As soon as I saw the Title of this paper, there were two ideas that sprung up: 1)"Sokal Hoax" 2)David Deutsch, Max Tegmark, Some Other trouble-maker Max Tegm
by suprgeek 13y ago
As soon as I saw the Title of this paper, there were two ideas that sprung up:
1)"Sokal Hoax"
2)David Deutsch, Max Tegmark, Some Other trouble-maker
Max Tegmark has done similar things before:[1]. He is also related to the FQXi which is funded by an organization that has sometimes promoted explicit religious agendas in a scientific context.
However we should be judging every paper by its merits alone & the rigor of its arguments.
The only problem is that work of this nature is very interdisciplinary, so who is qualified?
[1]http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/16-is-the-universe-actually-made-of-math http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/16-is-the-universe-actu...