I have no love for postmodernism, but this seems at least mildly unfair. Sokal&#x27;s initiating action was entirely political. Responding by saying that Sokal hurt himself more than anyone else is a decent strategy, and might be true too, but it&#x27;s not a symptom of postmodernism.<p>Claiming that people outside a field don&#x27;t understand is a symptom of academics, and of most groups of humans, but it is not something in any way unique to postmodernism.