Word: hoaxing
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...mail hoax asking recipients to delete an “infected” system file has spread around campus this week...
...already: outraged right-wing extremists, the possibility of an overwhelming refugee influx, a restive tribal population that is eager to fight alongside the Taliban. It's possible that the initial tests on the four envelopes will prove faulty, which has happened with anthrax scares in the U.S. and elsewhere: hoax letters have been found in Pakistan in the past few weeks. Nonetheless, says Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti, Karachi's Superintendent of Police, "This is definitely terrorism. It is aimed to create panic." The word jang does, in fact, mean war, but no one expected the newsroom to become...
Weinberg is at his best in three separate chapters: “Sokal’s Hoax,” “The Non-Revolution of Thomas Kuhn” and the wonderful conclusion “Looking for Peace in the Science Wars,” where he attacks head-on the complaints that science—particularly physics—is culturally biased. He points out that many people from other cultures have indeed contributed to the world of mathematics and physics: C.N. Yang, whose work with fundamental particles have formed the basis for the now widely...
...letters Weinberg is responding to, which often renders the author’s points utterly useless for lack of context. In fact, for those interested in the meat of author’s arguments, I advise skipping directly to Chapter 12: “Sokal’s Hoax,” unless one wants to read a circuitous recap of the history of physics...
...well under way. Haz-mat teams from coast to coast were being called out two and three times a day to decontaminate buildings because someone worried about powder in a package. The Governor of Tennessee put a $10,000 bounty on the head of anyone calling in a bomb hoax because the schools were having to be evacuated so often. A pilot returned to the gate because a passenger switched seats too many times. Donald Trump was reported to be shopping for parachutes...