[Right Wing Professor]

It just occurred to be what this is.

A few years back, Alan Sokal spoofed the Lit. Crit. crowd by writing a nonsensical article on quantum gravity and getting it published in a respectable Lit. Crit. journal. This is their revenge. They write a lame rehash of Zeno's paradox, use some obscure New Zealander as a front, and get it published in a physics journal with a, let's be kind and say liberal, editorial policy. In a few days, they'll hold a news conference and announce that physics' air of superiority over the humanities is entirely unjustified, and that physicists can't recognize BS disguised as physics. Or that payback's a bitch.

[shaggy eel]

...use some obscure New Zealander as a front, and get it published in a physics journal with a, let's be kind and say liberal...

,,, it sounds a bit like money laundering without the money.

[Nebullis]

This is their revenge.

ROFL!

[jennyp]

In a few days, they'll hold a news conference and announce that physics' air of superiority over the humanities is entirely unjustified, and that physicists can't recognize BS disguised as physics. Or that payback's a bitch.

LOL, we must bookmark this post for later reference!

[mikegi]

It just occurred to be what this is. A few years back, Alan Sokal spoofed the Lit. Crit. crowd by writing a nonsensical article on quantum gravity and getting it published in a respectable Lit. Crit. journal. This is their revenge. They write a lame rehash of Zeno's paradox, use some obscure New Zealander as a front, and get it published in a physics journal with a, let's be kind and say liberal, editorial policy. In a few days, they'll hold a news conference and announce that physics' air of superiority over the humanities is entirely unjustified, and that physicists can't recognize BS disguised as physics. Or that payback's a bitch.

Bingo! There is no content in the paper as far as I can tell, just a bunch of technical sounding mumbo-jumbo. The key to your observation is at the bottom of page 4 where Lynds destroys all of the quantities in physics (momentum, energy, etc.) and finishes on page 5 with "Moreover, the universe's initial existence and progression through time would not be possible. Thankfully, it seems nature has wisely traded certainty for continuity".