Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: How do Universities Sell Prestigious =?UTF-8?B?QmF1Ymxlcz8=?= Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:35:59 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 47 Message-ID: <679326BF.7FC4@ix.netcom.com> References: <266e4dcf4bee1d0100c5716c04f2e786@www.novabbs.com> <679284FD.3ABB@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 06:35:31 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="98c775d9c2d8d8081755e374f3bfb0d4"; logging-data="2206359"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/CYXqqUq8C/8qFTOYNlYlYNSBzGL/j7h0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:I68yKDfXRlKmwpyk3VMKeEf7Epw= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250123-20, 01/23/2025), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:660757 sci.physics:890865 LaurenceClarkCrossen wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:05:49 +0000, The Starmaker wrote: > > > LaurenceClarkCrossen wrote: > >> > >> It is said that simple people are sometimes impressed by glass baubles. > >> How do cheap and stupid, fallacious ideas violating basic logic attain > >> prestige values and become marketed at universities for fortunes? The > >> reification fallacy is an elementary fallacy and a foolish error that a > >> child would know better than. However, we find universities convincing > >> people that ideas involving this error are highly intelligent, such as > >> expanding and bending space. Then, people uncritically and thoughtlessly > >> embrace these ideas without a second thought. This is very pathetic, > >> slavish, and avoidable. > > > > > > They become marketed at universities for fortunes by the ...'textbooks > > monopoly'. > > > > (of course the teachers textbooks come with the answers) > > > > You need to investigate the 'textbooks monopoly' cartel. > > > > > > The cabal decides what they want you to think. > > > > > > How many planets are there? Who decides the answer for you? A cabal. > > > > > > > I'm on it! Now that you are "on it", I just want to know who side you are on... How many planets are there in our solar system? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.