In an attempt to expose academic fields corrupted by postmodern ideology, Helen Pluckrose, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay spent a year submitting intentionally broken papers to academic journals.
Their secret project was cut short when an investigative journalist from the Wall Street Journal discovered the group had published a paper under a fake name.
In October 2018, with the story set to break within days, the group seeks advice from Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying.