There is recently an article highlighted one promote failure http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/science-needs-to-fail (Zepelin argument is well known to engineers. One only learn from i's failures. Success give you confidence, but too much give you unjustified confidence).
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0065263 it explains that editors should not pursue excellence but diversity this follow the Blackswan notion, that great things have much more impact than their real-world (not-so) improbability see too http://www.euroscientist.com/evaluation-dogma-of-excellence-replaced-by-scientific-diversity/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/diversity-in-science-why-it-is-essential-for-excellence/ http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2015/12/15/10219330/elite-scientists-hold-back-progress 2016-02-01 0:40 GMT+01:00 <mix...@bigpond.com>: > In reply to Alain Sepeda's message of Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:24:33 +0100: > Hi, > [snip] > >For those who noticed > >- the message of Brian Josephson whistleblowing some exchange between > >moderator to block Ferara tests > >- the effective blocking of lugano test > > > >there is an article by Nicolas Gisin (an insider of science, not a rebel) > >http://www.iqoqi-vienna.at/nicolas-gisin/ > > > >Nature try to reframe the debate > > > http://www.nature.com/news/arxiv-rejections-lead-to-spat-over-screening-process-1.19267 > > "ArXiv.org founder Paul Ginsparg, a quantum physicist at Cornell > University, in > Ithaca, New York, who was not involved in the moderation in this case, > adds that > arXiv moderators are also now sensitive to the fact that the site is > checked > daily by the news media. This gives moderators another reason to avoid > posting > “manifestly outlandish” claims that might confuse the public, he says." > > Once again, ALL real breakthroughs are initially "manifestly outlandish". > Hence > nothing really valuable will ever get published. Consequently arXiv has now > proven that it is worthless, as it apparently will only accept incremental > "improvements". If this mental straight-jacket becomes the norm, then > science > has no future. > > Furthermore it is evidence of the fact that certain people are trying to > ensure > that "the public" shares their myopic view of reality. > > BTW, as I have said before, black holes are empty. All matter is converted > to > energy at or before the event horizon, and circulates as EM energy at the > event > horizon, warping spacetime into a circle. ;) > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
