<< Sokal and Bricmont have, in my estimation, shown themselves to be little
more than mean spirited bullies. >>
And the theorists they abuse have shown themselves to be pretentious scientiufic ignoramuses. Besides "bully" is an odd word to use about someine who writes a book criticising someone else's view for being wrong and ill- informed. It suggests taht that's not polite, that it's nasty to beat up on the helpless and those unable toi defend themselves--because that is whom bullies pick on. If you want to concede that in the fiueld of science the French theorits are 90-pound weaklings, however, I'll concur.
--jks