On Saturday 23 April 2011, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Levi Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know what kind of questioning of underpinnings you're > > referring to, but from what I've seen, most of the people who get > > dismissed or shunned as quacks are not really offering valid arguments > > for their views. Attacking the underpinnings of current scientific > > models is not a task to be taken lightly, as they have withstood > > attacks by the scientific community for a very long time now, and > > their strengths and weaknesses are fairly well known. This is not to > > say that new ones couldn't be found, but they fall under the category > > of 'extraordinary claims', the likes of which require 'extraordinary > > evidence' to justify. > > And yet these same physicists still manage to get millions of dollars > to continue funding "science" and "research" into the ideas coming > from string theory--one of the most extraordinary claims of all modern > physics. Where's the 'extraordinary evidence' supporting its > foundations justifying further pursuit of anything related/derived?
Perhaps you should educate yourself on Sting Theory before quoting "science" and "research" in that regard. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Elegant_Universe Levi gave a good summary of the scientific method and why String Theory is so compelling due to the fact that String Theory (and friends) are a way successfully to combine Relativity (Gravity) with the other 3 known forces, so I won't repeat it. Charles also had very wise words. But I will ask you to explain to me what you think happens to a grant once it has been awarded to a research project. Tell me where you think all the money goes and what it is spent on. Hint #1: I was not able to get that gold plated keyboard I wanted when the folks that funded HST gave me a grant in graduate school to do research on Brown Dwarf data. Hint #2: Repeating what they say on FOX News about what happens with grant money will bring you guaranteed failure. Hint #3: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1215 -- Jacob Albretsen [email protected] http://blog.knine.net/ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
