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In his follow-up book "Fashionable Nonsense", Sokal describes hearing a paper by some postmodernist arguing that any text could be interpreted to mean anything. Sokal asked him if the letter turning down his next grant proposal said No, would he expect to get the money.

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Even Postmodernists look both ways when crossing the street. It's either the bus, or you.

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May 3, 2023
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Well, your description is accurate. That's psychotic. "People are strange." - The Doors (& THEY should know!)

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