Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Particles and Theory Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:15:36 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 39 Message-ID: <5606A888.2000802@PointedEars.de> References: <9c739e30-59f6-4e3e-a210-610f96de0c69@googlegroups.com> <361247a0-3c77-4e2a-aa07-3d6f520cfa65@googlegroups.com> <38c25a06-3520-4e2e-90e0-366ffcc322a2@googlegroups.com> <5db96645-a784-4945-b9c0-873d9d06ca17@googlegroups.com> <5a59fedf-4c85-4e79-a5ea-29d517b712ae@googlegroups.com> <2a310ae3-4d1d-4e28-8b91-4dab22c2a960@googlegroups.com> <6683f222-1912-4cea-94d5-2b160aec6479@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: solani.org 1443276936 14875 eJwFwYEBwDAIArCXnArMd9rJ/ycsQfHhVRNsGF7tRUgJvS2cz4ype2bN9KmoljPomH0m8QMUYRCH (26 Sep 2015 14:15:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:15:36 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/31.7.0 X-User-ID: eJwNysEBwEAEBMCWhLUo55zov4Rk3uPGhzdAJ3x9o0wiR3bMoTtbFSmWh1e1k6jk/v96a4c1UjgHz9m3pxofN8YVTQ== In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:rT4xbz1GwY1SW+g54mhf7iwNwaA= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwFwYEBgDAIA7CXZC0g5zAs/59g4giLSYYHfX0Fv0c8qMbLquTMPD1qo1ChtAC87BMvlz8V9BDY Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:365334 Ned Latham wrote: > JanPB wrote: >> Ned Latham wrote: >> real life physicists would be very HAPPY to see an >> experiment disproving the Standard Model or relativity or any other >> firmly entrenched theory. > > Of course. But only if it came from a physicist. A physicist is a person having learned and is doing physics. Of course a car mechanic, for example, is not qualified to do physics, unless he also learned physics. So if he had not, why should anyone listen to him regarding physics? Most certainly everything he says about physics would be wrong because he does not have the minimum clue (by contrast to his statements about cars). >> Far from being shunned, the first physicist to produce an >> experimental denial of relativity (say) > > Yair. The first *physicist*. Who else would be doing physics if not a physicist? A painter paints. A bus driver drives buses. A physicist is a scientist who does physics. And a crank is a layman who thinks they are doing physics but really does not have the slightest clue; a layman who cannot be convinced to reconsider. Sounds familiar? PointedEars -- Heisenberg is out for a drive when he's stopped by a traffic cop. The officer asks him "Do you know how fast you were going?" Heisenberg replies "No, but I know where I am." (from: WolframAlpha)