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- From: snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: New Group sci.physics.orthodox
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.233457.24489@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 23:34:57 GMT
- References: <1deevpINNl33@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <1992Nov9.135719.18651@cs.yale.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov9.135719.18651@cs.yale.edu> jhh@waldzell.physics.yale.edu (Jim Horne) writes:
- >In article <1deevpINNl33@bigboote.WPI.EDU> phillies@bigwpi.WPI.EDU
- >(George D. Phillies) writes:
- >> Is it just me, or is the crackpot and fringe material
- >> drowning out the real physics? Perhaps it is time for
- >>
- >> sci.physics.orthodox (moderated?)
- >>
- >
- >I think a much better name would be sci.physics.research, and it
- >would have to be moderated, though lightly. There is already a
- >successful moderated group sci.math.research which could serve
- >as an example of how to encourage substantive discussions of current
- >research.
- >
- >> My motivation for this is the suspicion that this group
- >> is not in contact with the physics community at all.
- >>
- >> George Phillies
- >> phillies@wpi.wpi.edu
- >
- >Yes, very few real physicists read sci.physics. Most have been driven
- >out by the crackpots.
- >
- >---------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Jim Horne
- >jhh@waldzell.physics.yale.edu
- >
-
-
- This sounds good to me, too. I think some kind of split would be helpful.
- A large amount of the posts in this newsgroup appear to be discussions
- of the philosophy of science, and the politics of science funding; and
- *highly* speculative stuff that should be in alt.sci.physics.new-theories.
- Though somewhat interesting, I don't really enjoy wading through them
- on a daily basis.
-
- John
- snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu
-