On 2/3/06, raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> To be fair to the CSers, the amount of esoteric math masquerading as
> research in ECE and Physics is not insignificant either. In that sense:
> 'pot meet kettle' and Sokal/Bricmont are nothing more than pompous jerks.


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Ah yes, the ad hominem is the favored rhetoric of our time.

The Manichean casting of the mo/pomo issue and the futile and vicious
adversariality 'it' brings forth from various participants is neither
modern nor postmodern, it re-presents the worst forms of
authoritarianism that were prevalent in the ancient world; the
polytheism/monotheism culture wars. Only now we have more complex
technologies to express and carry out our hatreds. Isn't it time to
leave ancient hatreds behind?

Deirdre McCloskey call your office.

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