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- From: ron@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ron Williams)
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: proposed panel of moderators
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.005159.22880@syacus.acus.oz.au>
- Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
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- References: <1993Jan8.215127.4208@smsc.sony.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:51:59 GMT
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- Mark Corscadden (markc@smsc.sony.com) wrote:
- > In article <1993Jan8.160818.19578@galois.mit.edu> jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:
- > >... We will be excluding such things as: *bian's
- > >endless thread, discussions of religion and politics (which threads on
- > >sci.physics often turn into), endless repeats of questions that are in
- > >the FAQ, re-re-rehashes of discussions ofthe interpretations of quantum
- > >mechanics, etc..
-
- > How did re-re-rehashes of the interpretations of quantum mechanics make
- > it's way onto the scrap heap? How does eliminating such discussions fit
- > in with the goal of making sci.physics.research "lightly" moderated?
- > (No, I did not miss the "re-re-re" in "re-re-rehashes".)
-
- [ deletes ]
- >
- > I've found the discussions of the interpretations of quantum mechanics
- > to be very valuable and educational, and other discussions which would
- > be of little interest to professionals. Are people who are intensely
- > interested in physics but committed to some other career path (like
- > software engineering) going to find sci.physics.research to be a
- > more-or-less hostile environment where their curiosity is not welcome?
-
- Yes. I also fit into the above category. Having trained in physics, and still
- having a lively interest in what's new, I am, however working in another field.
- I find it annoying to wade through the garbage that makes it into sci.physics,
- but really value the discussion that Mr. (Dr.?) Sarfatti provoked.
-
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-
- >
- > What about a compromise? For certain topics like the interpretations
- > of quantum mechanics the moderators could mandate a standard subject
- > line, requiring that it start with "QMI" for example, to allow a simple
- > killfile entry to be used by the non-interested. Would that be enough?
- >
-
- I second this. I was extremely interested in the QMI articles, it being eight
- years since I finished my degree.
-
- regards,
-
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