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The union of bulverism and sokalism as a unified cognitive and meta-cognitive bias, where you dismiss an argument by psychoanalyzing the arguer (bulverism) while simultaneously dismissing their entire field based on hoaxes or scandals (sokalism). The Bulver-Sokal Effect is a powerful one-two punch of intellectual dismissal: first, you explain why your opponent believes what they believe (they're postmodernists, they're relativists, they've been brainwashed by their field), and second, you declare their entire field invalid because of hoaxes or bad actors. The combination is nearly impossible to counter because it doesn't engage with arguments at all—it explains them away and dismisses their source simultaneously. The Bulver-Sokal Effect is the signature tactic of culture warriors who prefer dismissal to dialogue.
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