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As the smoke cleared, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> mounted the barricade and roared out: > Edmund Storms wrote: > >> This is a breath of fresh air that can make an old cynic have faith >> that science is not completely dead. > > Amen! > > >> I don't think guts are involved. > > I meant the part where he describes how upset the APS is with him, and > the phone call from a highly prominent Ivy League prof who was "really > angry with me for having done the [60 Minutes] piece." Hilarious! Quote > starting at 40:42 in the video: > > The point was, I laid out the scientific case [to the prof on the phone] > but he flatly wouldn't consider it. And when I said, 'come on, why don't > you just work with me here, through the data,' he said essentially, > 'well, you know, us high caliber physicists have done that before, and > there has never been anything there. So you charlatans just can go on and > do whatever you like.' Okay. Well. It is interesting: my scientific > reputation -- I guess, at least to him -- had been stronger before I did > the piece. > > But now, the point is, real science, possibly with outstanding > engineering consequences, suddenly becomes a pariah science. A science > where no one can go . . ." > > Wow! > > - Jed Something to be said for having a sense of timing. As opposed to being a(n often dead) hero. Frankly, I still prefer heroes -- the people who do it, regardless of timing -- because it's right, at any time. - -- grok. - -- Build the North America-wide General Strike. TODO el poder a los consejos y las comunas. TOUT le pouvoir aux conseils et communes. ALL power to the councils and communes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkn6MJsACgkQXo3EtEYbt3HcwQCcCPa6pBQ1xmrIRxNmX4X+m8rH IK0AnRwfUpg7vyvZjku0grZOL29MkjCB =esld -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
