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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: TIME HAS INERTIA - NewScientist Article
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.055311.10343@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec11.024139.12143@dmp.csiro.au> <1992Dec12.195654.7419@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Dec14.023025.20353@dmp.csiro.au>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:53:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.023025.20353@dmp.csiro.au> lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:
- >
- >Whenever I hear a new theory getting slammed by the mainstream
- >scientific community, I always think of Wegener's theory
- >that initially was so thoroughly trampled which I also
- >remember was pretty personal against him (even if I forget the name
- >and get the decade wrong).
-
- The problem here is that there is no theory. Abian's statements
- are basically equivalent to 'WHATEVER IT IS THAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS'.
- I have a better one (D1) that states 'THINGS CHANGE UNLESS THEY DON'T'.
- Neither is a scientific theory. Wegener, at least, could have been
- wrong.
-
- >No flames please -
- >I'm blindly going with the majority view on Albian's attempted theory.
-
- Don't blindly do it. Realize that a physical theory must
- have some connection with the physical universe. Since his doesn't,
- it isn't even a theory.
- >
- >> This has been going on for probably 55 days. I don't
- >> see any end to it.
- >
-
- >This is more proof that sci.chem is ceasing to be a happening
- >place. Where are our crackpots and resident loonies?
- >Should we take out an anti-monopoly suite
- >against sci.physics for cornering the market?
-
- I'm sure everyone would here be happy to lend you this one.
-
- Have a nice evening.
-
- dale bass
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