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Re: How to be a "real" scientist.

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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


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