Keep in mind the editors of Social Text did not believe Sokal's article was actually sound philosophy. Not understanding it, they preferred to give it the benefit of the doubt.
We only know that's what they said afterwards.
By the same argument, we only know it was intended to be a hoax because Sokal said so afterward....
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