Path: csiph.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:57:55 -0500 Message-ID: <574F76AE.5558@ix.netcom.com> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:58:38 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: How to be a "real" scientist. References: <574747ce$0$45348$b1db1813$2411a48f@news.astraweb.com> <5747e91f$0$57955$c3e8da3$c8b7d2e6@news.astraweb.com> <574F71D8.3B8B@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 48 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-tRwwy35pHVaMbNkCOT4/6Op4HUbxoDFrQuTT/DneZA5e+Nu4Sz12iNdT7XgnXNflq28OB3ODEPC9W7L!GaXqxh9svHtH02SBXODdM9nfs+DJY9ix2yDjKZMtnQeLwD4TH7OJAaYDE65y8dbgh/8ygLh1CYcn!APATkGgj0LQ= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3245 X-Received-Bytes: 3357 X-Received-Body-CRC: 938507954 Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:441050 sci.physics:582224 sci.physics.relativity:384805 alt.astronomy:285097 The Starmaker wrote: > > Thomas Heger wrote: > > > > Am 31.05.2016 16:56, schrieb Tom Roberts: > > > On 5/28/16 5/28/16 - 1:26 AM, Thomas Heger wrote: > > >> It is legal to criticise whatever you like in physics (or any other > > >> science). > > >> But your critique will not get very far. Especially inside such locked-in > > >> communities critique will not be heard, since the insiders have no > > >> interest in > > >> listening to challenging statements from outside. > > > > > > That is not at all how science works. Physics is not a "locked in > > > community" as you imagine, except insofar as physicists share a common > > > understanding of basic concepts in the field. > > > > > > CRITICISM is acceptable, but IGNORANCE is not. And the latter is all you > > > have. > > > > Well, actually not true. For example there exist 'forbidden subjects', > > which eventually could bring people in trouble. > > > > E.g. I have heard recently, that it is not allowed (in the USA) to > > question the existence of atomic bombs. > > > > I certainly don't plan to do that, but it is interesting, that such a > > law exists. > > To question the existence of atomic bombs leads to the question..."Who invented the atomic bomb?", and there > people who don't want you to aks that question...not even THINK of the question. > > http://pw1.netcom.com/~starmaker/Albert_Einstein/Albert_Einstein_The-Man-Who-Built-The-Atomic-Bomb.html > > A Starmaker Exclusive > > How many atomic bombs does Israel have? 300, 600, a thousand? > > How many atomic bombs does Iran have?? Or are you not suppose to ask? Or suppose to know?? > > What is the name of the person who built the first atomic bomb in Russia? > > Answer: > > http://pw1.netcom.com/~starmaker/Albert_Einstein/Albert_Einstein_The-Man-Who-Built-The-Atomic-Bomb.html Who controls your monopoly owned textbooks?