| Excellent -- this was news to me. Thanks. There is a demonstrable reluctance in these comments to confront what the Sokal hoax demonstrated. There are generally "common wisdom" conclusions from this, that again, does not materially affect how people live their lives. * If a country has "democratic" in its name, it's not a democracy. * If an academic field has "science" in its name, it's not a science. Yes there are of course exceptions... but they are literally small ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic#Global_use... There are multiple areas of academia which role-play as rigorous scientific study, but in fact, are just people trading mumbo-jumbo which varies in how convincing it looks, and if you drill down, it's not just academia. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ray-dalio-rob-copela... 100% of supplmentary, complementary, and alternative medicine is fake. Cf. https://www.howdoeshomeopathywork.com/ But that doesn't stop it being a multi-billion-$CURRENCY industry. It is entirely fake, but people will pay to think they feel better. That is why I used those names in that order. S. C. A. M. Gambling does not make you money. It makes gambling companies money. But it's vast. Stock markets are, largely, gambling, driven by vague feelings, instincts, and herd impulse. I have worked there. They don't really know. It's hunches and friendships and hysteria. But the world runs on it. |
Yeah, suck it materials scientists, your discipline ain't real.