Yesterday, I published my take on the Sokal Squared scandal on my page at Medium , and was surprised that it got a bump from the editors, “Our curators just read your story , It’s a Publish or Perish World , that you submitted for review. Based on its quality, they selected it to be recommended to readers interested in Education across our homepage, app, topic page, and emails.” While the recommendation immediately meant more people read my story than the one I posted a week before (six reads vs. none), what really caught me off guard was a related story I read this morning on The Daily Beast . While I didn’t specifically cite the Quillette story referenced, I did send the link to it to my wife as an example of my sense that the lefts’ obsession with identity was alienating people that should be politically aligned with our larger goals. Yet, in reading the Daily Beast article, I realized I’d been hoaxed (a direct response to the Sokal Story) as well. ...
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