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1998 book by William Boyd Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928–1960 is a 1998 novel, presented as a biography, by […]

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Sokal affair

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1996 scholarly publishing sting accepted by an academic journal Not to be confused with the Sokol affair involving the company […]

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Alan Abel

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American hoaxer (1924–2018) Alan Irwin Abel (August 2, 1924 – September 14, 2018) was an American hoaxer, writer, and mockumentary […]

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Society for Indecency to Naked Animals

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Hoax concocted by Alan Abel The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, or SINA [pronounced “sinna”], was a satirical hoax […]

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Joey Skaggs

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American prankster (born 1945) Joey SkaggsBorn1945 (age 76–77)United StatesOccupationArtist, prankster, writer Joey Skaggs (born 1945) is an American prankster who has […]

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Keith Windschuttle

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Australian historian Keith Windschuttle (born 1942) is an Australian writer, historian,[1][2] and former board member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. […]

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Australian literary and cultural journal Quadrant is a conservative[1] Australian literary, cultural, and political journal, which publishes both online and […]

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Psychic

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Person claiming extrasensory perception abilities A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information […]

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James Randi

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Canadian-American magician and skeptic (1928–2020) James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a […]

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Project Alpha (hoax)

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Parapsychology hoax Project Alpha was an effort by magician James Randi to test the quality of scientific rigor of a […]

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