On Feb 3, 2006, at 10:56 AM, ravi wrote:
There is a tendency among non-scientists to fear scientists and this aura of superiority is maintained through every possible means, as the Sokal prank demonstrates (as do his later bombastic invitations asking anyone who does not believe in gravity to jump off his building: another example of how irrational/illogical his own arguments are.
Nowadays (after the cloning hoax and the like), scientists have to feel a bit more humble than before. It is clear that the normal process of peer reviews may be a good way to catch internal inconsistency, but it is no sure defense against those who massage data or even fabricate them wholesale. Yoshie Furuhashi <http://montages.blogspot.com> <http://monthlyreview.org> <http://mrzine.org>
