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phillies@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (George D. Phillies) writes:

>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?)
I wholeheartedly agree!
Do it, please.

>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