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Article #935Re: JOSEPH STALIN AND SCIENCE AUTHORITIES
From: Mitchell Jones
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:56
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:56
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In article <4B2676C7.6AB363DF@hate.spam.net>,
Uncle Al <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net> wrote:
> Pentcho Valev wrote:
> >
> > http://spectator.org/archives/2009/12/01/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant
> > "Regarding higher education, a third of Britain's university physics
> > departments have closed in the last few years."
> [snip crap]
>
> Hey stooopid - you cannot perseveratively whine that all physics is
> wrong OTOH, then piss and and moan whine OTOH that there should be 3X
> more of it. Amputate one of your hands.
>
> > Pentcho Valev
> > pvalev@yahoo.com
***{Al, you make me tired. Below I have restored the material that you
cut out, which you labeled as "crap."
> The following principle is attributed to Joseph Stalin:
>
> Joseph Stalin: "Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no
> problem."
>
> Science authorities' principle: "Department closure is the solution to
> all problems. No department - no problem."
>
> The analogy between Joseph Stalin and science authorities will be
> completely understood after careful examination of this paper:
>
> http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a909857880
> Peter Hayes "The Ideology of Relativity: The Case of the Clock
> Paradox" : Social Epistemology, Volume 23, Issue 1 January 2009, pages
> 57-78
> "The gatekeepers of professional physics in the universities and
> research institutes are disinclined to support or employ anyone who
> raises problems over the elementary inconsistencies of relativity. A
> winnowing out process has made it very difficult for critics of
> Einstein to achieve or maintain professional status. Relativists are
> then able to use the argument of authority to discredit these critics.
> Were relativists to admit that Einstein may have made a series of
> elementary logical errors, they would be faced with the embarrassing
> question of why this had not been noticed earlier. Under these
> circumstances the marginalisation of antirelativists, unjustified on
> scientific grounds, is eminently justifiable on grounds of
> realpolitik. Supporters of relativity theory have protected both the
> theory and their own reputations by shutting their opponents out of
> professional discourse."
>
> Pentcho Valev
> pvalev@yahoo.com
Where is the false statement in the above material, which would justify
you in labeling it as "crap"?
I'm not trying to pick a fight here, by the way. I am simply encouraging
you to provide a logical justification for your position, if you have
one.
--Mitchell Jones}***
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If I seem to be ignoring you, consider the possibility
that you are in my killfile. --MJ
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