me:>> we on the left should expect to be attacked (denigrated). Thus, we should try to avoid doing things that can be used to attack us. <<
Sabri: > I do not agree with this. That the Sokal affair is still a subject of debate after so many years indicates to me that what he did made an impact whether he is attacked or not...< no, I was thinking of SOCIAL TEXT (and Aronowitz) as needing to avoid doing things that can be used to attack us (i.e., printing silly articles as if they were valid). >... any self-respecting scientist knows that science, like art or music, is a social activity, and as such, is not a collection of absolute truths. All science at its base depends on some claims that we either believe or disbelieve. If you disbelieve any of those claims, much but not necessarily all science collapses. And believing those claims or not is just a choice you make....< amen, brother! science, however, is a social activity in search of consensus (about objective reality), unlike art or music. -- Jim Devine "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm
