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RichardKennaway comments on Open thread, 25-31 August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 09 September 2014 01:32:35PM 5 points [-]

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.

That's like excusing oneself from causing a car crash on the grounds of being drunk.