Of course the rules of the Pseudoscience forum and the overall rules of SciForums apply to this thread. I have an additional rule as part of the OP. The thread is solely about this Google document, "What is Quantum Wave Cosmology", that I have published using the “publish” feature available in the Google docs. Some of you are familiar with Google docs and those who are not can easily familiarize your selves here.
My rule is that any comments that don’t reference statements by me in the Google doc will be considered off topic and at my discretion will either be ignored or responded to with a comment and a reminder of my rule and a link to the Google doc so you can go to it easily.
The meaning of this rule will become clear as the thread progresses (if it progresses at all) because the Google doc is constructed to cover many eventualities.
I don’t expect very many people to participate, maybe no one will, but to comply with my rule you have to actually quote the Google doc. If you participate in this thread and don’t reference the Google doc you are demonstrating bad behavior (you’re shuddering at the thought, aren’t you). Keep in mind what the Google doc says because that is the only information you will get about how I manage the document itself. The document will change from time to time at my discretion but I have standards that I follow in making changes and those standards are stated in the document.
Some of you will be very creative in getting around my rule but one of the things I will try to be good at is pointing out when you have failed to comply. There is no penalty for non-compliance except that I get the pleasure of pointing out various characteristics that you demonstrate in your off topic posts and you will have the fun of feeling like you are ripping me apart without actually referring to what the document says. That means that you will be able to create straw man arguments and attack those straw men without actually doing or saying anything on topic. I will respond to off topic posts at my pleasure.
Of course out of boredom someone may actually follow this additional rule and then I don’t know how it will come out. If your read the Google doc there are some hints but then part of what the Google doc is intended to do is to inform you about Quantum Wave Cosmology, what it is, what my motivation is, what my methodology is, what I have learned about forum behavior over the years that I have been updating QWC in various forums and in many threads under several IDs. It even includes my speculative ideas that are up for discussion, though that is the last thing that most of you will be participating in if my experience with some of you is any indication.
My rule is that any comments that don’t reference statements by me in the Google doc will be considered off topic and at my discretion will either be ignored or responded to with a comment and a reminder of my rule and a link to the Google doc so you can go to it easily.
The meaning of this rule will become clear as the thread progresses (if it progresses at all) because the Google doc is constructed to cover many eventualities.
I don’t expect very many people to participate, maybe no one will, but to comply with my rule you have to actually quote the Google doc. If you participate in this thread and don’t reference the Google doc you are demonstrating bad behavior (you’re shuddering at the thought, aren’t you). Keep in mind what the Google doc says because that is the only information you will get about how I manage the document itself. The document will change from time to time at my discretion but I have standards that I follow in making changes and those standards are stated in the document.
Some of you will be very creative in getting around my rule but one of the things I will try to be good at is pointing out when you have failed to comply. There is no penalty for non-compliance except that I get the pleasure of pointing out various characteristics that you demonstrate in your off topic posts and you will have the fun of feeling like you are ripping me apart without actually referring to what the document says. That means that you will be able to create straw man arguments and attack those straw men without actually doing or saying anything on topic. I will respond to off topic posts at my pleasure.
Of course out of boredom someone may actually follow this additional rule and then I don’t know how it will come out. If your read the Google doc there are some hints but then part of what the Google doc is intended to do is to inform you about Quantum Wave Cosmology, what it is, what my motivation is, what my methodology is, what I have learned about forum behavior over the years that I have been updating QWC in various forums and in many threads under several IDs. It even includes my speculative ideas that are up for discussion, though that is the last thing that most of you will be participating in if my experience with some of you is any indication.