Great minds discuss ideas.
Mediocre minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss other people.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
Mathematics: Can't get enough original research or validation or
exceptions, and please state your assumptions. If you can explain loops and
equations in English, then you might serve on [wikisophia] indefinitely. You
might serve a longer and definite term if you can animate math.
Physics: No perpetual motion machines, please. Original research in
nuclear science is covered by treaties and your local American army base.
Biology: Please restrict your original research to photographs.
Chemistry: This department actually has a policy regarding notability and
what you can say about compounds that are not synthesized.
Biochemistry: No man's land. There's big pharma, there's governmental
collusion, cover-ups, smear campaigns, drug promotions and oodles of tobacco
funding. Wanna meet spooks and royalty? Then make a name for yourself in this
field.
Arts: um...anything goes...sorta...not on wikipedia, though...just sorta
writing about arts, like policy making and other methods of screwing you, is
there. Try to make it artful, anyway, just so nobody forgets. If I bored you to
tears, then I am sorry. Forget that I told you to ignore all rules until you
really need to do that.
Biographies of Living People: This is a rat's nest of politics and
corruption, starting with who writes the rules, who is a credible authority,
and it does not end with those who enforce the rules. It is not safe to talk
about dead people on wikipedia. No induction, really, especially if it is bad
news.
History: News is the first rough draft of history. Your news and my news
are different things, and they are both anthropocentric if not wrong. Try to
understand that before you make wikipedia into a discussion forum.
Handy Guide to Modern Science:
1. If it is green or it wiggles, then it is Biology.
2. If it stinks, then it is Chemistry.
3. If it does not work, then it is Physics.
--"MURPHY.EXE 123"
BrewJay's Babble Bin
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