sadness of america/bad postmodernism

[John Doe]

Physicist Steven Weinberg wrote an article responding
to Sokal's Hoax, in which he ( Weinberg ) quoted the
brilliant expert on physics Derrida using the
expression " ..the Einsteinian Constant..." to which
Weinberg, the moronic physicist adressed the
rejoinder: " I have no idea what Derrida thought he
was talking about here, but there is no Einsteinian
Constant..."...too much fancy French theory, not
enough equations...;  )

--- Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont, Fashionable
> Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
> (New York: Picador, 1998), "Introduction"  ...
> 
>    "Let us emphasize that these authors differ
> enormously in their attitude toward science and the
> importance they give it. They should not be lumped
> together in a single category, and we want to warn
> the
> reader against the temptation to do so. For example,
> although the quotation from Derrida contained in
> Sokal's parody is rather amusing, it is a one-shot
> abuse; since there is no systematic misuse of (or
> indeed attention to) science in Derrida's work,
> there
> is no chapter on Derrida in this book." (p. 8)
> 
> Too much fun, not enough read, apparently ...
> 
> --- John Doe <tristero69 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have the book that article was made into, and I
> > recommend it to every Derrida-head out there: It's
> > titled "Fashionable Nonsense", and does a
> > blow-by-blow citation of certain Lit Crit Gurus
> > who abused the terms and meanings of science in
> > their writings...good stuff..if anything, I find
> > Sokal to be TOO apologetic; like he's trying to
> > correct the mistakes and gross misuse but also
> > ameliorating the hurt feelings of Post-Modernists
> > Honchos...it's a fun read...
> 
> 
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