🚀 go-pugleaf

Is it just me, or is the crackpot and fringe material
drowning out the real physics?  Perhaps it is time for
 
sci.physics.orthodox (moderated?)

sci.physics.orthodox is open to discussions of orthodox 
physics of all branches.  Contributions that question the 
fundamental bases of Schroedinger-Dirac quantum 
mechanics, special relativity, or electromagnetism will 
not be accepted.  Descriptions of gedanken-experiments 
that purport to show inconsistencies in orthodox physics 
will not be accepted.  (Descriptions of pedagogical 
gedanken experiments that appear to show paradoxes, for 
the purpose of creating a cognitive dissonance in a 
student's mind, are acceptable if the paradox is given a 
full explanation.) 

My motivation for this is the suspicion that this group 
is not in contact with the physics community at all.  
Note that approximately two months ago I posted an 
announcement of a tenure-track physics opening at my
institution.  Before the ad appeared in Physics Today,
a month later, we received perhaps two applications.  
We'renow up to around 60, with an end-of-the-year 
deadline.  Since people usually tell their friends and 
students about job openings, I infer that well under 1%
of the real physics community actually reads this group.

George Phillies
phillies@wpi.wpi.edu