Postmodern Essay Generator

In 1994, New York University physics professor Alan Sokal made headlines when he published his article "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity." in the sociological quarterly Social Text.  He then revealed that he had submitted the article as a hoax and that the text was a parody of postmodernist philosophy.  Sokal completely fooled the "scholarly" editors of Social Text into printing his parody of their intellectual presuppositions.

In this vein, you, too, can enjoy instant pomo goodness with the Postmodern Essay Generator, courtesy of the blog Communications From Elsewhere.  Just click on "refresh" for instant, angst-filled, tenure-track gratification.

Link via Jim Morrow

As much as I hate this type of post. Someone has to say it. If you want us to care, you have to tell us why we should care.

An elitist magazine posts a fake elitist article so that another elitist dingbat can say he pulled off the elitist equivalent of a pantsing. Now we can all enjoy this rarefied air by using this tool.

Yeah, I get it, but I still do not care.
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Wow, that's a weird reaction to Edward's comment. Did he ruffle a few feathers.
And, regrettably, like Jerse, I thought it looked like instant porno goodness, too.
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