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Sokal Affair physics journal hoax
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Social-Experiment Hoaxes
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Grievance Studies replication scandal
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Balloon Boy Heene family stunt
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Social-Experiment Hoaxes
- Sokal Affair physics journal hoax
- Grievance Studies replication scandal
- Balloon Boy Heene family stunt
- War of the Worlds broadcast panic
- Spaghetti Harvest BBC April Fool
- San Serriffe Guardian island spoof
- Dihydrogen monoxide petition experiment
- Ern Malley poetry hoax Australia
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