On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 07:01:17AM -0700, Jones Beene wrote: > Let me answer a criticism to Ron's post. It is not homophobic. It is about > "living a lie."
http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/914-how-to-say-it.html Not telling others you are gay isn't living a lie, it's just nobody's damn business but your own. -X > > The "point" is that blind skepticism, even if it manages to expose nasty > con-men (or poor magicians) 99% of the time, can be harmful to society in > net results - if the 1% of time is so completely in error - that it severs > the purpose of greed barons (to wit: OPEC) and jealous competitors in the > ranks of science. In fact skepticism, or eve exorbitant levels of criticism, > can be devastating to society when it is wrong and yet well-intentioned yet > manages to stifle game-changing technology - as almost happened from the > shoddy efforts of Randi/Park and their ilk. > > > > Neither were qualified to jump onto LENR as "pathological science" - when > the only thing pathological could possibly be in the lie they are living in > their personal lives. Please do not take this the wrong way - Randi's > homosexuality is not the issue. Nor is Park's aversion to doing real > science. Make no mistake - these are both "entertainers" not scientists - > and neither particularly bright. The MacArthur thing is disgusting. > > > > The issue is basic honesty - and pretending to be an expert, or > knowledgeable in something which you are not, as both have done over the > years . and regrettably to the cheers of some, when they were able to expose > a Dennis Lee type of con-man. Cheers. But this kind of minor success lets > the "entertainer" think he has real insight and he becomes emboldened and > lazy, so that it becomes a reflex reactions - and essentially becomes blind > - no longer merely an entertainment shtick. > > > > The results can set progress back decades- and this has almost happened > since 1989 in LENR. > > > > The most ironic thing is that a person who could be a con-man himself, > Andrea Rossi, has managed to revive a dying field. I think that the field is > past the tipping point now, and yes - we will outlive the Rossi affair in > short term. > > > > > > From: Ron Kita > > > > Greetings Vortex-L: > > > > It was "nice" to see that the McArthur Foundation had sooooo much money that > they > > could bestow James Randi a Fellowship. Nothing worse than wasting money on > good scientific research !!! > > > > Randi a good magician ...kept his gay-ness hidden until recently- 2010..is > this "Great Magic"...hmmmmmm? > > I wonder about Robert Park..hmmmmmmm..? Could Randi..make > Park...disappear??? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi > > > > Ron Kita, Chiralex > > >
