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In article <22705@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, sichase@csa2.lbl.gov               writes...
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>		  PROPOSAL FOR A NEW SCI.PHYSICS FAQ LIST
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>To begin the game I propose the following:
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>	(1) Please comment upon this post.  I want to make sure that a broad
>	    range of opinion is sampled, and that the FAQ represents all 
>	    of the regular participants, and not just the organizers.
> 
>	(2) I request that previous summary-style posts which anyone may have
>	    on the following topics be E-mailed to me, so that I can get the
>	    ball rolling as quickly as possible:
> 
>		(a) FTL communication
>		(b) SR paradoxes, specifically the twin paradox and the
>		    barn-pole paradox.
>		(c) EPR and Bell's inequality
>		(d) Schrodinger's Cat
>		(e) antigravity
>		(f) perpetual motion and the Second Law of Thermo.
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>Scott I. Chase
>SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV
> 

 Scott,

  I think this is an excellent starting point, and would encourage the
inclusion of all these topics. One other topic, which may warrent a 
separate section, is the discussion of science vs psuedo-science. Given
the number of posts along the lines of "All the universal constants derived
on the back of an envelope", there should be some statement about experimental
validation and falsification, and publication in peer-reviewed journals.

				-- Lee

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         Lee Sawyer     | Dept of Physics          
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