Comments on: Overheard at SXSWi http://librarianavengers.org/2006/03/overheard-at-sxswi/ Pugilistic Periodicalistas Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:54:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: frank http://librarianavengers.org/2006/03/overheard-at-sxswi/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 frank Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:45:31 +0000 http://librarianavengers.org/?p=89#comment-1332 It also explains why most academic writing in general is useless for anything other than impressing other academics. See also, <a href="http://www.fudco.com/chip/deconstr.html" rel="nofollow">how to deconstruct almost anything</a> and, to a slightly lesser extent, the <a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/sokal.html" rel="nofollow">Alan Sokal</a> <a href="http://skepdic.com/sokal.html" rel="nofollow">Social Text Debacle</a>. Lovely turn of phrase, though. It also explains why most academic writing in general is useless for anything other than impressing other academics. See also, how to deconstruct almost anything and, to a slightly lesser extent, the Alan Sokal Social Text Debacle.

Lovely turn of phrase, though.

]]> By: Jim Elliott http://librarianavengers.org/2006/03/overheard-at-sxswi/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Jim Elliott Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:15:09 +0000 http://librarianavengers.org/?p=89#comment-1131 “Obscurity through verbosity” Now THAT would make a great button! “Obscurity through verbosity”

Now THAT would make a great button!

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