Sunday, March 2, 2008

Against faith & other forms of irrationality: interview with Alan Sokal

Guardian UK has a fine 30-minute interview with Alan Sokal, the physicist and author most famous for his 1996 postmodernist hoax. Check it out: CLICK HERE. (Luddites: don't forget to click on the "play" button.)

Among the topics:
The hoax: parody of post-Modern science criticism
Postmodern writers vs. scientists & philosophers
The evidence-based way of thinking
The war on science (Bush)
Well-tested vs. cutting-edge science
Homeopathy & alternative medicines
Disregard for evidence: the Iraq war
Society’s deference to faith
The importance of evidence

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...