Don't forget the physicist Alan Sokal's 1996 hoax at the expense of the journal Social Text at Duke. The credulous editors published Sokal's parody article “Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity.” In a parallel Lingua Franca article, Sokal explained that he had wanted to see whether “a leading North American journal of cultural studies” would “publish an article liberally salted with nonsense.” It would. It did. ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html