Thanks Robert, You are correct. I simply meant that Einstein belonged to a culture that had men of integrity, intelligence and education and at least enough control so that Einstein's work could be recognized and he could support himself as a scholar.
I know that I am not a genius and this pleases me. I find genius to be discouraging. The thought of a person of my modest intellectual abilities being able to make significant scientific contributions simply by hard work, honesty, and a solid education, is encouraging to me. I still believe in things bigger than myself. The scientific method works but it requires hard work and careful preparation of the mind and heart. It requires unwavering commitment to the pursuit of truth. And for science to survive, it requires a community of scholars. Many people have communicated with me privately that they think I am correct about CR. Some of these have been people who are written up as historical giants in psychology. Some are students, some are faculty in universities, some are just intelligent lay people. All tell me that they do not wish to be publically associated with CR because of the political harm it would do them. I say I have no peers because no one is willing to take a public stand against the corruption that is starring us all in the face. There are plenty of people smarter than me out there. But I have not seen any with my courage and dedication to science. At least not in my field. For years I have put up with things like David Heiser's sending that post to semnet but not having the integrity to send my followup pointing out that the data he referenced was invalid. This sort of sophistry happens all the time in psychology and statistics. It is worse behind the wall of anonymity that journal reviewers hide behind. No one has said a word about the journal SEM accepting and then rejecting an article of mine. All the babbling on semnet about yet another fit index, and no one has the integrity to complain about fraud in their flagship journal. Yes, I appear to be alone, except for the dead writers of beautful books on my shelves. I figure I have the advantage. So for now, I remain, Peerless, Bill "Robert J. MacG. Dawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Paul Bernhardt wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on 10/3/02 1:43 PM: > > > > >Einstein had peers. I do not . > > > > This is the kind of thing said by the villian in a James Bond movie. > > Well, yes, it is, but... Looking at the rest of the paragraph: > > "...Corresponding regressions is easy... The fact that some of you are > not very smart does not make me a genius" > > I don't think that this was intended to be the megalomaniac statement > that it came out resembling. > > -Robert Dawson > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: > . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
