Some lessons for us scientists (too) from the "Sokal affair"

Abstract

In this little non-technical piece, I argue that some of the lessons that can be learnt from the bold action carried out in 1996 by the physicist Alan Sokal and typically known as the "Sokal affair" not only apply to some sector of the humanities (which was the original target of the hoax), but also (with much less intensity, but still) to the hardest sciences.