The Latest Academic Journal 'Hoax' Isn't Quite What It Seems
The Latest Academic Journal 'Hoax' Isn't Quite What It Seems
Two decades after Alan Sokal shook up the academic world with a hoax article, a pair of academic writers revealed on Friday that they had pulled off a "Sokal-style hoax" on a peer-reviewed social science journal with an article titled "The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct." Here's what's going on.