Until today I had never heard of Lubos Motl, however, having followed LENR/Cold Fusion since last January his attitude doesn't surprise me. Pardon the generalization but it just seems that Physicists have the notion they are experts on everything. Until this last year I had thought that arrogance was reserved for Lawyers. The difference though is that while lawyers think they can be experts on all things Human, including physics, generally they do recognize how little they actually know about anything (In other words Human's are still savages in the universe and we most likely know nothing if measured by all knowledge). Lobus's silly comments clearly indicate he hasn't learned that lesson.
And again I speak only in generalizations and I don't mean to offend either Physicists or lawyers who have learned some humility. Ransom ----- Original Message ----- From: Alain Sepeda To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Lubos motll, physicis talk of CERN CF conference, and bash it... I don't feel that "“respected” skeptics are retiring from the field in the face of the growing evidence"... you should read Judith Curry... in fact it seems that, fair or not, the history is tumbling... first rats start to flee the drowning boat... anyway, about LM, I've always been shocked by his lack of moderation in any opinion, his rough "US Republican Coffee party" vision of economy, and nearly faint on some things not to say (sorry here it is a crime, and a proven stupidity; also a family insult in every large family)... anyway, his opinion and vulgarization on QM is great and cutting edge. an example why one should avoid "ad hominem" critics. 2012/2/13 Roarty, Francis X <[email protected]> His career will suffer for poor timing, while other “respected” skeptics are retiring from the field in the face of the growing evidence, they are letting the young blood charge forward to take their place under the oncoming bus. Although there was once good reason to be skeptical those reasons continue to erode and that rate has been increasing rapidly of late. The longer Lubos keeps his head buried the more he shortens his own career. Was Daniel suggesting Lubos has made both sexist and racist remarks? [snip] He was banned(sort of) from Harvard due his strong opinions on women and black people. He's been unemployed for around 5 years because of that.[/snip]. I would hate to think we are giving any consideration to this man if so. Fran
