On 17/09/2006, at 9:12 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
The first thing I want to address is the idea that folks who have the
knowledge needed to demonstrate something is clearly wrong with an
official
report fail to do so out of fear of losing work because they are
lumped with
the "tinfoil hat" people. This is a standard argument that I've
heard from
folks who argue against the validity of quantum mechanics, special
relativity, evolution, etc. That folks would not dare to point out
that the
emperor has no clothes.
...and failing to realise that Einstein, Darwin, Newton, Galileo and
others did *exactly* this in their day. Pointing out a glaring flaw
in a current body of theory and doing the work that ushers in a new
way of thinking is the Holy Grail to researchers. If it was so easy
to turn over evolution or relativity with a few criticisms, it would
have been done already (and in fact has been to large parts of the
original versions of those theories...)
Charlie
Just Got Off A 17 Hour Plane Ride, Will Respond More Tomorrow Maru
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