"The larger physics establishment" in my opinion is like the "vast right wing conspiracy". The fact is, he made it past peer review and published in real journals.
I just think he's way more interesting than freaking Rossi who publishes squat. On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did, I made an edit back in the beginning of October. It hasn't been > reverted yet: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rydberg_matter&action=history > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Blaze Spinnaker < >> blazespinna...@gmail.com> 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 >> >> >
