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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: Important unresolved issues!
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:19:20 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan12.082756.21119@risky.ecs.umass.edu> trodrigu@spock.ecs.umass.edu (Tao R or Stephen L) writes:
- >In order to decide if I should worry about the "not even wrong" clause,
- >I would be interested to know if any of the following topics are "not
- >even wrong", based on content as described:
- >
- >1) A theoretical claim that time will run backward near the end of the
- > life of the universe.
- >2) The initial 'cold fusion' announcement.
- >3) A claim that 'red shift' appears to be quantized, and that this calls
- > into question the prominent theories about the age of the universe.
- >4) A claim that the energy of a vacuum should be presumed to be zero
- > unless proven otherwise.
-
- All of these are (or were at one time) active areas of
- theoretical/experimental research. So, if appropriate articles
- are submitted, I see no reason a priori that they shouldn't be acceptable.
- I hope, though, we can keep the content somewhat above the simple
- statements above. More meat on the bone is to be urged.
- In this vein, I don't necessarily think postings like 'I hear time runs
- backward at the end of the universe; Wadda y'all think?' are
- to be encouraged. More definition, more thought, more cogent
- observations, more theory, more meat.
-
- However, if one claims that some universal red shift is
- caused by the vibes of one's cat 'Ralph' then ...
-
- dale bass
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