On Mar 9, 2007, at 7:53 PM, sparaig wrote:
Heh. Sorry, Vaj. Internal politics in the TMO isn't supposed to
influence how scientists deal
with published research. The research has to be evaluated on its
own merits.
Well, yes, of course, but that is not what I'm referring to. What I'm
referring to is reports of Mahesh *telling* researchers 'this is what
you'll find' and threatening them if they don't. This would be like
tobacco companies or a college president looming over your research
result interpretation before it's reported. Except in this case the
researchers are being loomed over by someone they (despite being
scientists) accept as perfect, omniscient and enlightened. Even
cigarette company researchers or oil company climatologists aren't
under that much pressure.
And to ignore the research, rather than to evaluate it, shows that
they simply don't want to
deal with the implications.
I don't feel that is the case. I just don't think they're impressed
nor do they consider it significant.
