Re: no problem

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There was also the recent case of the physicist Alan Sokal who wrote a
completely nonsensical article which he submitted to the journal Social
Science, which has a high scientific standing. The paper was accepted.
Sokal's aim was to denounce the way physics and mathematics are used by
(especially) French philosophers and sociologists to impress the readers.=

The editors of the journal an all the readers were evidently able and
prepared to see some meaning which was never there.

Paul Janse

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