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Re: charlatan syndrome

From	Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: charlatan syndrome
Date	2023-08-14 09:27 +0200
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On 2023-08-13 20:10:24 +0000, Laurence Clark Crossen said:

> On Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 11:26:40 AM UTC-7, Laurence Clark Crossen wrote:
>> charlatan[char·la·tan || 'ʃɑːlətən]> n. quack, impostor, fraud, one who 
>> claims more skill or knowledge than he actually has....Origin: C17 
>> (denoting an itinerant seller of supposed remedies): from Fr., from 
>> Ital. ciarlatano, from ciarlare 'to babble'."-Babylon Dictionary.>> For 
>> example, one who says 2 + 2= five or that he can change the distance 
>> and time in the speed equation to keep the speed the same regardless of 
>> relative motion.>> For example, relativists.>> Thousands of scientists 
>> have long recognized that relativity is charlatanry when they point out 
>> that the emperor has no clothes.>> Authoritative source: "Einstein and 
>> the Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome: The Expose of a Charlatan" by 
>> Robert L. Henderson c.2006. Not to mention many others who have made 
>> the same comparison.
> The question is, who is pretending to know?

You. That is clear, and I'm surprised there should be any argument about it.

> The answer is relativists and relativity.


-- 
athel -- biochemist, not a physicist, but detector of crackpots

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charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 11:26 -0700
  Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 11:42 -0700
    Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 12:04 -0700
      Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 12:59 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:53 -0700
      Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 02:14 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 05:55 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 06:00 -0700
            Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 09:57 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 09:56 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 10:11 -0700
            Re: charlatan syndrome Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-16 02:02 -0400
          Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 10:17 -0700
            Re: charlatan syndrome whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-15 15:27 -0500
            Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 15:54 -0700
              Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 17:52 -0700
              Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 20:56 -0700
    Re: charlatan syndrome Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-08-14 10:35 +0000
  Re: charlatan syndrome Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 21:03 +0200
    Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 12:07 -0700
      Re: charlatan syndrome Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 09:25 +0200
        Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 01:15 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 09:55 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 10:01 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-15 15:16 -0500
        Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 09:57 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 10:03 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 19:05 +0200
            Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 10:16 -0700
              Re: charlatan syndrome whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-15 15:26 -0500
          Re: charlatan syndrome whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-15 15:20 -0500
  Re: charlatan syndrome Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-13 15:31 -0400
    Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 12:49 -0700
    Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:14 -0700
      Re: charlatan syndrome Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:45 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:47 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:52 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-08-14 10:46 +0000
        Re: charlatan syndrome patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-08-14 07:12 -0700
          Crank syndrome "Dono." <eggy20011951@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 07:17 -0700
          Re: charlatan syndrome Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 10:05 -0700
            Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 13:43 -0700
              Re: charlatan syndrome Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 14:10 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 19:26 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 21:18 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 21:58 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-16 19:01 -0400
                Re: charlatan syndrome Prokaryotic Capase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 17:29 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 22:11 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Prokaryotic Capase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2023-08-18 21:56 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-18 22:47 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 23:44 -0700
                Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 21:09 -0700
      Re: charlatan syndrome JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 16:28 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-13 19:13 -0500
        Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 21:18 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-08-14 10:52 +0000
          Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 09:59 -0700
        Re: charlatan syndrome Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-15 01:15 -0400
          Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 23:42 -0700
            Re: charlatan syndrome Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-16 02:09 -0400
              Re: charlatan syndrome Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-15 23:22 -0700
  Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:10 -0700
    Re: charlatan syndrome Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-08-14 09:27 +0200
  Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:49 -0700
    Re: charlatan syndrome Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 13:56 -0700

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