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 Baubles? Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:05:49 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 32 Message-ID: <679284FD.3ABB@ix.netcom.com> References: <266e4dcf4bee1d0100c5716c04f2e786@www.novabbs.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:05:44 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b96d52732d2e7c6bb3cfe6e37ce9db68"; logging-data="1844038"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18FrP8IDPFZiXVTwM9AGDjG2PqUeeMWh1A=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:psdzWhfmzi/ZE7nd/keimhFYkTM= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250123-14, 01/23/2025), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:660733 sci.physics:890844 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. -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.