Comments on: Let slip the dogs of culture war…hoax updates http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2009/01/06/let-slip-the-dogs-of-culture-warhoax-updates/ Margaret Simons on Media Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:22:30 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom McLoughlin http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2009/01/06/let-slip-the-dogs-of-culture-warhoax-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Tom McLoughlin Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:58:20 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/?p=269#comment-183 The Yes men would be proud, no doubt. The Yes men would be proud, no doubt.

]]> By: Jon Seymour http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2009/01/06/let-slip-the-dogs-of-culture-warhoax-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Jon Seymour Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:22:18 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/?p=269#comment-163 That's an interesting correction, because what was so brilliant about the Sokal Hoax was that most quotes Sokal used were actually genuine and I suspect that every single one of the works he cited was an actual work. That is what made the parody so devastating - he exposed the babble pomo philosophers used as just that - babble. The Sokal Hoax was different in another respect - he didn't conceal his identity at any stage of the process and was prepared to defend what he did in public, using his own name. If the hoaxer really wants to take Windshuttle down a notch, it would be more credible to do so in public with his/her own name and reputation at stake. That’s an interesting correction, because what was so brilliant about the Sokal Hoax was that most quotes Sokal used were actually genuine and I suspect that every single one of the works he cited was an actual work. That is what made the parody so devastating – he exposed the babble pomo philosophers used as just that – babble.

The Sokal Hoax was different in another respect – he didn’t conceal his identity at any stage of the process and was prepared to defend what he did in public, using his own name.

If the hoaxer really wants to take Windshuttle down a notch, it would be more credible to do so in public with his/her own name and reputation at stake.

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