Re: Hammond publishes God=G_uv paper

"James Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> It's hard to appreciate how dogma has taken over science until you
> think you've come across something important, then when people cheat
> in discussions with you, only to repeat dogma as if it were fact,
> while acting against the supposed principles of scientific inquiry, do
> you begin to get a sense of the huge task that awaits you.
>
> One of the usual tactics is to claim that the person who questions
> what others claim is dogma is mentally ill.
>
> In China, people who question the *political* dogma are labeled
> mentally ill, which is usually decried here.
>
> But who stands up for the would-be discoverer?
>
> Who cares about people willing to test what we think we know against
> the grain of what has become scientific dogma?
>
> The public, if they care at all, seem to believe that dogma along the
> lines of religious rigidity isn't a part of science.
>
> Now George Hammond has the right to put forward his research on a
> *public* forum without vicious personal attacks against him.
>
> If you don't like him, ignore his posts.  If you disagree and wish to
> challenge his position, you *can* do so objectively.
>
> But if you're just in the mood to spit on someone because you're a
> vicious animal who thinks Usenet is the place where you can get away
> with inappropriate social behavior, just remember, there are people
> who see you for what you are--a danger to society.
>
>
> James Harris

Well put, James.
Androcles