April 7, 2016

Academic Drivel Update: A Real Hoax, Instead of Mere Fraud

(Steven Hayward) I try to limit myself to just one example of week of academic fraudulence, because it could easily become a full time job. But news just out today can't wait for the calendar. Retraction Watch carries the news of a Sokal-style hoax in the pages of Baidou Studies, named for some popular obscurantist named Alain Baidou. (Baidou Studies? I don't know who Baidou is either but why not? There's an International

Source: Power Line