On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, OrionWorks wrote: > Well said. > > It's one of the most difficult lessons to learn in a life time. The > lure of fame and fortune are both seductive and addictive. Without a > properly grounded sense of neutrality the seductive lure of fame and > fortune will inevitably skew one's perception of the discovery > process.
And then if I'm a proper scientist, I have to argue against myself! :) The other side of fooling ourselves is the Scoffers' delusion, where all phenomena are well known, and Weird Discoveries are impossible by definition. After seeing many examples of this, I suspect that it's not driven by ego, but by fear. Fear of the unknown, and worship of the contemporary scientific worldview as if it's some kind of religious dogma which must never be questioned. Which all just means that we have to stay in between, and don't let the pendulum swing too far away from one self-delusion (and into the other.) > At present all I can say is that I remain fascinated by what I've seen > of Ron's work. Maybe even a tad encouraged as well. Yeah! No matter what, this single-conductor "circuitry" is really cool and bizarre, and certainly hasn't been explored since Tesla. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
