[UA] Link to the proof of the existance of magic(k)

[Ysidro]

Graham Donald wrote:
> 
> Greg Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> "My GOD that's horrible!  It reminds me of the dreadful true story about
> a physics professor who put together a heavily jargonated article and
> submitted it to some journal of post-structuralist criticism.  It was
> accepted and printed, even though its central thesis was that culture
> influences <italic>gravity</italic>."
> 
> Here is a link to the article referred to above, Greg is part right,
> actually the article claims that <italic>reality</italic> is subordinate to
> ones <italic>political</italic> beliefs, the basis for all magic(k).
> 
> http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html
> 

I'm never sure if I should be joyeous or horrified that the entire paper
was a parody.  Still, the story surrounding "Transgressions..." is an
interesting read.

http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/

Greg 
-- 
Penn-Ohio Historical European Martial Arts Society
http://www.telerama.com/~ysidro/pohemas.html

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