Sokal et al

[Diana York Blaine]

Hi Bonnie--thanks for setting me straight.  I am fairly new to
the list and figured that there had been some discussion of Hayles, but
couldn't resist trying to be helpful.  Glad you mentioned that Sokal
thing (did I already miss the flame/thread on it?)--I am fascinated by all
of it, the resistance to humanities-types talking science, the arrogance
of Andrew Ross in refusing to admit he screwed up, etc.  I'm not sure why
we don't have the right to know fields beyond our own as long as we're
willing to do the research--yet the "hard" sciences seem to have a
privileged position from which they can dismiss the critiques coming from
those of us in the humanities, a very masculine/feminine issue, on some
level ("Because I am your FATHER, that's WHY".)  Diana