Post-Modern Essay Generator

[JayB]

The creation of this software could be the John Henry moment for untold numbers of literary academics.

 

"Nihilism and the semantic paradigm of consensus"

"The Consensus of Dialectic: Semantic discourse and rationalism."

"The Forgotten Door: The postcapitalist paradigm of discourse in the works of Gibson."

 

"The essay you have just seen is completely meaningless and was randomly generated by the Postmodernism Generator. To generate another essay, follow this Link . If you liked this particular essay and would like to return to it, follow this link for a bookmarkable page."

 

 

[tvashtarkatena]

Don't need the link. I've already got one uploaded into my head.

[G-spotter]

Imagine teh suck of failing your course because you handed in a post-modern sociology paper to the fine art department

[foraker]

Sounds like some of the same turgid academic prose that is in the study guide that my wife is using to prep for the GMAT. Someone in that office doesn't want *anyone* doing well on the reading comprehension section...

[prole]

This thing has been around for a few years now. It caused quite a stir and not a little embarassment when one of its jargon-laden nonsensical essays won critical acclaim from some po-mo academics. I'll try to find the story...

[prole]

My bad, I had my wires crossed. I was actually thinking of the Sokal Hoax:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_Affair

 

This is probably the intellectual inspiration for the Post-Modern Essay Generator.

Edited November 5, 2006 by prole

[JayB]

Yup.

[cj001f]

That's just a tweak of the right wing wonk paper generator.

[Stonehead]

Yeah, Burroughs and Brion Gysin pioneered the cut-up technique from which I'd wager this generator evolved. Today, the mashup is popular. Mashups merge different media to produce striking results. Talking about mashups, can't help but relink this: (in memory of Leo Strauss, right or wrong) http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/d/r/dryfoo/www/Funny-pages/republic-dogs.html.