the United States was not born out of democracy, it was born out of a room filled with 50-something rich guys
I think there are a few countries where the rich guys´ interest are not very much in conflict with the interest of the demos. But, your are right, not yet the United States. For the citizendium project to be open-minded, some distinctions can be made: 1 to gather interesting articles without the burden of censorship, power-discussions and involvement of advertising my initial proposal of letting the editors store their articles on a web-site, is the only way to go. People can add their 2c, and their vote. The gathering-machine exists of links to these sides. You can try to solve problems, or avoid them. 2 in this manner, it will soon be clear that articles with many positive votes are written as if the editor looks back in time. Marie Curie stated (concerning patenting the process): "It would be impossible, it would be against the scientific spirit.... Physicists should always publish their researches completely. If our discovery has a commercial future, that is a circumstance from which we should not profit. If radium is to be used in the treatment of disease, it is impossible for us to take advantage of that." So decide for or against this spirit. 3 For the citizendium project, to be open-minded, obvious (scientific) realities should not be ignored. This includes the cover-theme of the next Time magazine. Roland Sassen _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
