Sokal Squared

To hoax morally suspect fields like economics, one of the fake papers concocted by James Lindsay, Helen Pluckrose, and Peter Boghossian and accepted for publication in Hypatia argued, is morally righteous. To hoax morally righteous fields like gender studies, on the other hand, is morally suspect.

- The Circling of the Academic Wagons By Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk is one of the world's leading experts on the crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of populism.

...the agraphon has Jesus warning his disciples: "In the furnace of fire there will be moaning and gnashing of teeth." One of the disciples asks: "But Lord, what if we have lost our teeth?" To which the Lord answers: "Teeth will be provided."

- In Defense of Hoaxes By Justin E.H. Smith

Justin E.H. Smith is a professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot.