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- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Path: sparky!uunet!well!sarfatti
- From: sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti)
- Subject: re: do physics don't waste time belly aching etc.
- Message-ID: <C0JtK8.Auz@well.sf.ca.us>
- Sender: news@well.sf.ca.us
- Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:48:07 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- From: "Terry Tao" <tao@math.Princeton.EDU>
- To: sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us
- Subject: Re: DO PHYSICS DON'T TALK ABOUT MODERATING IT!
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Organization: Princeton University
- Cc:
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- In article <C0IznA.8p7@well.sf.ca.us> you write:
- >
- >Will some one do a statistical analysis of all the mediocre hack level
- >academic apparatchuk committee blather about moderating the conference
- >without any real idea - and many of these same pundits only make snide
- >ad-hominums when any one tries to present an original physics thought.
-
- If a thought cannot stand up to commentary then it is not worth much.
-
- If you label your thought "speculative only at this point", then there is
- no problem. The only problem is when someone presents a new theory and
- claims that it is completely true without proof, NOT just speculative.
- (like Abian).
-
- Terry
-
- & r
- To: sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us tao@math.Princeton.EDU
- Subject: Re: DO PHYSICS DON'T TALK ABOUT MODERATING IT!
-
- I have no objection about commenting on ideas and disagreeing with them.
- To the contrary, I welcome it. Sci.physics should be a forum for debate and
- testing half-baked ideas. Personal attacks do little to advance knowledge
- and retard it.
-
- I was referring to all the posts regarding organization. If people would:
- 1. simply ignore styupid posts.
- 2. respond politely.
- 3. post their own interesting ideas or interesting stuff in physics they
- have read and want to share - we would have no problem. Abian is only a
- problem because all you guys respond to him.
-