Alan Sokal Professions : Professor Born : January 24, 1955 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Alan Sokal Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor). Alan Sokal law science believe And I'm a stodgy old scientist who believes, naively, that there exists an external world, that there exist objective truths about that world, and that my job is to discover some of them. Alan Sokal objective-truth jobs believe Why should self-indulgent nonsense - whatever its professed political orientation - be lauded as the height of scholarly achievement? Alan Sokal achievement political self A mode of thought does not become 'critical' simply by attributing that label to itself, but by virtue of its content. Alan Sokal labels virtue doe Similar Authors Bryan Stevenson professor Bruce Greenwald professor Bruce Ames professor Brian Wansink professor Brian Schmidt professor Brian Martin professor All Authors
