On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]> wrote:
That's an interesting characterization considering it was Sveinn Ólafsson > that did the presentation, that Holmlid has had a number of co-authors on > his papers, that his university has published his press release(a rather > risky thing to do, considering), and that he has had numerous peer reviewed > papers published in respectable journals. > > I don't think we should confuse exceedingly talented > and prodigious researcher for "one man show". > Did you have a chance to read the details in the answer I linked to? Holmlid wrote his own wikipedia page, which has been put up for deletion (and rescued). And a large portion of the citations referring to him are citations in other papers he has written. Apparently these are faux pas in academia. For the sake of argument, set aside the question of whether what Holmlid is describing is real. If you had 1000 dollars to bet on how much Holmlid has the backing of the larger physics establishment, what odds would you bet? :) This particular question is not one about fairness or truth; it's a question about whether Holmlid is a maverick or not. I would personally bet 1000 dollars on the possibility that he does not have the backing of the larger physics establishment (if I bet, which I don't). Eric
