tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post8422585214154169056..comments2023-12-27T00:49:31.972-08:00Comments on Aether Wave Theory: Aether and sectarian communityZephirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-20089326330115512462014-05-31T02:56:37.613-07:002014-05-31T02:56:37.613-07:00Regarding crackpots/quacks... in physics, the Nobe...Regarding crackpots/quacks... in physics, the Nobel laureate <a href="http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/theoristbad.html" rel="nofollow">Gerard 't Hooft</a> and physicist <a href="http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/quack.html" rel="nofollow">Warren Siegel</a> provides an additional clue, how to identify them<br />Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-59458700832971620872013-01-28T15:16:33.062-08:002013-01-28T15:16:33.062-08:00Are you quack?<a href="http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/quack.html" rel="nofollow">Are you quack</a>?Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-62218181457161819392011-02-01T13:43:18.506-08:002011-02-01T13:43:18.506-08:00M. I. Sanduk: Does Society Exhibit Same Behaviour ...<a href="http://philpapers.org/s/M.%20I.%20Sanduk" rel="nofollow">M. I. Sanduk</a>: <a href="http://philpapers.org/archive/DSE" rel="nofollow">Does Society Exhibit Same Behaviour of Plasma Fluid?</a> <br />For example, <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html" rel="nofollow">Japan streets have no names.</a> Eastern culture is oriented to holistic & collectivist thinking: the target is not important, the way is. The ways aren't important, the situation is. AWT explains this approach with density of population.Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-19896379444757567572010-09-16T02:24:04.821-07:002010-09-16T02:24:04.821-07:00Philip Gibbs wrote the rules of an Anti-Crackpot ...Philip Gibbs wrote the rules of an <a href="http://blog.vixra.org/2010/09/13/the-anti-crackpot-index/" rel="nofollow">Anti-Crackpot Index</a> as a parody of <a href="http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html" rel="nofollow">John Baez's Crackpot Index</a>.Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-22210234480016011692010-07-22T13:10:51.080-07:002010-07-22T13:10:51.080-07:00Dirac is one of the leading physicists of the 20th...Dirac is one of the leading physicists of the 20th century, but his philosophical statements are symptomatic of the idealism that has infected modern physics; take for example the quote: <em>"This result is too beautiful to be false; it is more important to have beauty in one's equations than to have them fit experiment.</em>" [Paul Dirac, The <em> Evolution of the Physicist's Picture of Nature</em>, Scientific American 208 (5) (1963)]Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-74425430025770822352010-07-12T15:44:52.091-07:002010-07-12T15:44:52.091-07:00If scientists want to educate the public, they sho...If scientists want to educate the public, they should <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062502158.html" rel="nofollow">start by listening</a>Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-80254534178136289862010-06-20T00:53:27.456-07:002010-06-20T00:53:27.456-07:00Kurt Kleiner, New Scientist, 30 August 2005: Most ...Kurt Kleiner, New Scientist, 30 August 2005: <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7915" rel="nofollow">Most scientific papers are probably wrong</a>"<br /><br />Most published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis. Assuming that the new paper is itself correct, problems with experimental and statistical methods mean that there is less than a 50% chance that the results of any randomly chosen scientific paper are true.Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-65952281189951000292010-06-18T06:19:26.811-07:002010-06-18T06:19:26.811-07:00John A. Wheeler: "We live on an island of kno...John A. Wheeler: "<i>We live on an island of knowledge surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.</i>"<br /><br />Richard Feynman (quoted by G.F.Giudice): "<i>I do not understand why journalists and others want to know about the latest discoveries in physics even when they know nothing about the earlier discoveries that give meaning to the latest discoveries</i>"Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-72147200137556073472010-06-16T03:47:54.987-07:002010-06-16T03:47:54.987-07:00Is Peer Review Broken?
Despite a lack of evidence...<a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/23061/" rel="nofollow">Is Peer Review Broken?</a><br /><br />Despite a lack of evidence that peer review works, most scientists (by nature a skeptical lot) appear to believe in peer review.Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-62896972297633257462010-06-12T15:25:07.666-07:002010-06-12T15:25:07.666-07:00In discussions I occasionally met with opinions, t...In discussions I occasionally met with opinions, the physicists behind LHC are behaving like single homogeneous sectarian society, that agree on everything. Actually, CERN physicists are behaving so...<br /><br />For me it's symptomatic, CERN scientists are refuting obstinately to organize public scientific conference about LHC safety, as Prof. Rossler proposed. This stance is significant by itself, because scientists like doing conferences about everything remotely possible or even impossible.<br /><br />This stance just indicates, group of CERN physicists remains separated even from the rest of scientific community - not just from the rest of layman society. They're dangerous ignorants, convinced about their truth in sectarian way and they're avoiding of public confrontation.<br /><br />For example, CERN physicists are refuting to apply peer review of their publications, claiming the "<i>external peer review is less stringent than our internal peer-review process</i>" and that "<i>only people 'qualified' (i.e. checked for loyalty) to truly review the work are within the collaboration.</i>"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100324/pdf/464482a.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100324/pdf/464482a.pdf</a><br /><br />They're publishing collectively, despite the list of authors exceeds many thousands of items - such cheating is indeed advantageous for most individuals, because scientists are honored for number of publications and their citations.<br /><br />CERN community is saying, it's "..<i>.a cognitive bubble that you can't escape - that you don't want to escape</i>" - another typical sign of sectarian society, characterized by brain washing and sacrificing identity.<br /><br />Well - and we all paying this from our taxes...Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30708128.post-42774445777756302142010-05-31T14:22:14.781-07:002010-05-31T14:22:14.781-07:00"If you believe in your research then fight f..."<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZRTzOMHQ4s" rel="nofollow">If you believe in your research then fight for it. Fight for the truth.</a>" And fight is just what Technion Professor Dan Shechtman did.<br /><br />When he announced his discovery of five-fold symmetric crystals — a pattern that was considered impossible under the prevailing scientific paradigm — no one believed him. But he persevered and his subsequent work turned the non-believers into enthusiasts about quasicrystals, a new form of matter.<br /><br />Prof. Shechtman has since received numerous prizes in recognition of his discovery of quasicrystals, now dubbed “Shechtmanite.” The practical applications can been found in surgical equipment, the manufacture of super strong steel, and even in shavers.Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.com