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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: TimberwoofTimberwoof Date: Aug 13, 2008 20:21
In article bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Painius" maol.com> wrote:
> You thought
> then, and you probably think now that Drasko's
> reaction was "wholly warranted". I submit to you
> that if Drasko had been able to contain his emotion,
> most people would have walked out a little pissed
> because their time had been wasted and their
> expectations regarding cold fusion had not been
> met. It was Drasko's inappropriate show of passion
> that made many feel the same way you did. Such
> negative emotion only fuels more of the same, and
> there is no place in science for it.
Were you at that conference? Cold you describe "Drasko's inappropriate
show of passion" for us?
From PD's description, it seems to me that Drasko's reaction was fairly
contained. He asked a question and got a bullshit answer. He said it was
bullshit (I don't know what he actually said; there are a dozen polite
and more than a dozen impolite ways to say it) and left. That's
perfectly appropriate. I suspect that expressed what many people were
thinking that day.
It's clear that Pons and Fleischmann didn't know what they were doing
their work has not been confirmed by anyone else and there's no
theoretical way for it even to work. They wasted a lot of time and
contributed to the subjects for kooks to bleat about scientific
conspiracies. And you want the scientists to all be Vulcans, raise an
eyebrow, and say "Highly illogical."
Have a look at Jason Spaceman's recent self-destruction over the
expanding universe thing. He's one of those "curious newcomers." People
have him answers but they weren't what he wanted, so he's passionately
screaming "bullshit." Is that appropriate?
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