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Sokal hoaxes

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Denyse O'Leary
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December 13, 2021
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Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Peer review
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At Mind Matters News: Jonathan Bartlett: Will the Sokal hoaxes worsen the academic echo chamber?

Denyse O'Leary
December 13, 2021
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Peer review
There’s nothing wrong per se with mainstream thinking — it probably became mainstream for good reasons. However, when only mainstream thinking is allowed, this leads to insularity and an echo chamber mentality. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 28, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Peer review
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A laugh from the world of predatory journals

Denyse O'Leary
November 28, 2020
Intelligent Design, Peer review
Our intrepid narrator had reason to wonder when the badly written letter soliciting papers had an odd attachment: “The editor who sent it to me had, inexplicably, attached a handbook on Covid-19 hospital protocols, a document that detailed at length the precise mechanism of sealing the dead in a “leak-proof corpse wrapping sheet.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 6, 2020
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Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design
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Sokal hoaxer Peter Boghossian makes some Utah State students feel that they are not “safe”

Denyse O'Leary
February 6, 2020
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design
Apparently, he is guilty of “conceptual fascism” as well. My, my. Kiddos, the only people who should not “feel safe” around a Sokal hoaxer are people who are full of it. If you knew your stuff and were doing anything useful, you’d have nothing to fear. You’d even find it fun. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 31, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Science
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Sokal hoaxer punished: Science has left the building

Denyse O'Leary
August 31, 2019
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Science
The historic moment here is the university’s awesome lack of a sense of shame. At one time, people would ask hard questions of themselves if they looked as silly as this, rather than rushing to blame someone else. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 27, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Psychology
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Darwinian Jerry Coyne makes a good point about the social science hoaxes

Denyse O'Leary
July 27, 2019
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Psychology
The distinction is that low-quality papers might happen to fall through the cracks now and then and a cherry picker could gin up an indictment of a whole field unjustly. BUT when a number of hoax papers get accepted by various journals, that points to deeper systemic rot. Especially when the social science profs are enraged rather than ashamed Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 26, 2019
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Psychology
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Portland U prof who hoaxed social science journals to prove a point is punished

Denyse O'Leary
July 26, 2019
Culture, Intelligent Design, Psychology
The rap is “research misconduct,” of all things. Oh and get this: “An academic journal is continuing to sell a viral article on “rape culture” and “queer performativity” in Portland dog parks despite expressing concerns about the veracity of the research. Veracity? It was a genuine hoax, that’s what kind of veracity it had. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 3, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Psychology
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Does “liberal bias” deepen replication crisis in psychology?

Denyse O'Leary
April 3, 2019
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Psychology
Aw come on, it’s actually not all that complicated when you see it in action. One way you can know that liberal bias deepens the replication crisis is this: Consider the sheer number of ridiculous Sokal hoaxes that have played psychology journals. Read More ›