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Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise.

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On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:13:49 -0400, benj wrote:

> 
> Anyway Chaos is the goal in order to restrict science discussions to 
> official opinions only.
>

What do you mean by an "official opinion?"

To my knowledge, there is no political hegemony in science similar
to, for example, Lysenkism in the former Soviet Union.  All ideas
are permitted as long as they adhere to the established experimental
evidence.

>
> Best USENET be shut down,
>

It seems to be already shut down by virtue of the activity of
hordes of mal-educated and psychotic armchair speculators.

>
> it's out of date 
> 

All "out of date" arguments are entirely specious.

Usenet is still quite viable.  It's only drawback is a lack
of promotion and a decentralized nature that doesn't mesh with
the contemporary preference (i.e. web forums, Facebook, etc.).

>
> once you start allowing free speech discussions of physics the next 
> thing you know you have anti-government types posting how LIGO is a 
> fraud. None of us want to allow that sort of chaos!
>

What is "speech?"

In a scientific context, speech is the articulation of rational
and objective arguments that, again, are purely informed by the
experimental evidence.

In all honesty, can sci.physics be currently considered a bastion
of free speech?

Please get real.

Or please go away and die.

 

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Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-07-14 18:57 -0400
  Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-07-15 00:34 +0000
    Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-14 21:07 -0700
    Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-07-15 16:13 -0400
      Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-07-15 22:36 +0000
  Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-07-14 23:04 -0700
    Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-15 12:07 -0700
    Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-07-15 16:23 -0400
      Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-07-15 22:44 +0000
        Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-15 21:21 -0700
      Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-15 21:20 -0700
      Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 00:53 -0700
        Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2016-07-16 10:12 +0200
          Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-16 10:39 -0700
        Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-16 10:38 -0700
  Re: Hey Hanson! We need your expertise. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-15 18:15 -0700

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