Re: How to be a "real" scientist.

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Date	2016-06-01 16:38 -0700
From	The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject	Re: How to be a "real" scientist.
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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


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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

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