The Sokal Affair

There are also "science war" in the field of economics, especially regarding what is knowable what isn't.<p>We have one side that is largely deductive, do not assume that humans are "rational", and distrust mathematical models and believe that economists are misusing statistics.<p>Another side is economic that attempt to imitate the scientific methodology of physics and as well being largely inductive. This is now the current and newest trend in the field of economics.<p>From my point of view, the Austrian school("Pyschological") is victorious over both the mainstream neoclassical and neo keynesian schools. Those who are of the Austrian prediction have successfully predicted the recession for quite some time now.<p>You may have different view which schools is superior but the battle is not decided. Until the field of economics matured, there will be many ruthless debates among those who are in the profession of economics for years to come.<p>The Economic Calculation Debate anyone?

While it's amusing for us computer science majors to poke fun at the scientific irrelevance of postmodernism, its influence is undeniable.<p>Few academic fields have been left untouched by postmodern thinking, and you'll quickly run into it if you're studying art, literature, philosophy, architecture, social science, feminism, political science, and more.<p>A religious person might rightly point out that Darwin's theory of evolution hasn't changed his faith in a higher power, but it's foolish of him to fail to notice that the world around him has been revolutionized.

Okay, I have yet to understand what the heck postmodernism really is. Apparently, everybody I've asked cannot define it without resorting to incomprehensible explanations. Could anybody shed some light on what has become the whipping post of philosophy?