ABSTRACT
This is not an essay. Do not look for coherence or sequence, unless you are compulsive or like wasting time.
I enjoyed Alan Sokal’s spoof. I knew it was coming and eagerly awaited the reaction. I fully support what he did, although I have deep disagreements with him. I do not think epistemology is the core issue, at least not as he has framed it (“objective reality”). What was (for me at least) wildly funny was the absolutely absurd uses to which the physics was put. It is bizarre, crazy, and can’t escape attention-if you know any physics. Nevertheless, it fooled the editors of Social Text, at least two of whom have written about physics.
