Postmodernism Generator

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The Postmodernism Generator is a computer program that automatically produces "close imitations" of postmodernist writing. It was written in 1996 by Andrew C. Bulhak of Monash University using the Dada Engine, a system for generating random text from recursive grammars.[1] A free version is also hosted online. The essays are produced from a formal grammar defined by a recursive transition network.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Responses
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Responses

It was mentioned by biologist Richard Dawkins in the conclusion to his article "Postmodernism Disrobed"[3] (1998) for the scientific journal Nature, reprinted in his book A Devil's Chaplain (2004).[4]

After he "produced the first two [lines] using a 'Postmodernism Generator,' and the second two using an 'Analytic Philosophy Generator'", philosophy of information and information ethics researcher Luciano Floridi stated, that

> so many resources are devoted to internal issues that no external input can be processed anymore, and the system stops working. The world may be undergoing a revolution, Rome may be burning, but the philosophical discourse remains detached, meaningless, and utterly oblivious. Time for an upgrade.[5]

## See also

* Academese
* Parody generator
* Paper generator
* SCIgen
* Sokal affair
* Monte Carlo method

## References

1. ↑ Bulhak, Andrew C. (April 1, 1996). "On the Simulation of Postmodernism and Mental Debility using Recursive Transition Networks". Monash University. http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2005/11/tr-cs96-264.pdf.
2. ↑ (in en) Postmodernism Generator, by Jesse Russell. 2013-01-21. ISBN 978-5-511-42969-4. https://tertulia.com/book/postmodernism-generator-jesse-russell/9785511429694.
3. ↑ Dawkins, Richard (July 9, 1998). "Postmodernism Disrobed". Nature 394 (6689): 141–143. doi:10.1038/28089. Bibcode: 1998Natur.394..141D. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~dq209/others/postmodernism.pdf.
4. ↑ Richard Dawkins (2004). A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 47–53, citation p. 53. ISBN 978-0-618-48539-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=loVMMlxC1XoC.
5. ↑ Luciano Floridi (Winter 2017). "Why Information Matters". The New Atlantis. https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/why-information-matters.

## External links

* The Postmodernism Generator web page (generates a random postmodernist article each time loaded)
* snarXiv
* Chomskybot (a similar program from the 80's based on a small corpus of Analytic philosopher Noam Chomsky's texts [1])
* Chomskybot (the new home of the chomskybot as the previous home expired) [2])
* Analytic Philosophy Generator

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Criticism of postmodernism

* Altermodern
* Anti-anti-art
* Grievance studies affair
* Hypermodernity
* Intentism
* Metamodernism
* Neomodern
* Neomodernism
* New Sincerity
* Postmodernism Generator
* Post-postmodernism
* Remodernism
* Remodernist film
* Sokal affair
* Stuckism International
* Transmodernism

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