What is up with all the nonsensical quack threads?

''And when a guy like Reiku is banned for a day or has a post sent to the cesspool as is usually the norm, they are right back at it with another thread and the same spiel. ''

Thank you for that. But it won't lynch your own weight to any degree.
 
Can you imagine trying to explain Shakespeare to someone who refuses to learn English? Trying to explain theory to someone who lacks basic knowledge is often like that. I remember once asking a grad student the pH of her sample buffer and she asks me: it has a pH? du-uh???? Whats a buffer???? I realised she had been doing western blots for TWO YEARS without adjusting the pH of her sample buffer.:p

If you want to be taken seriously, at least learn what's already known in the subject you want to pursue.
 
Reiku said:
''And when a guy like Reiku is banned for a day or has a post sent to the cesspool as is usually the norm, they are right back at it with another thread and the same spiel. ''

Thank you for that. But it won't lynch your own weight to any degree.
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Whatever. But his point was it's not open to just professionals only but to anyone of any educational level that's honestly trying to understand a particular field of study.

And pay particular attention to this part:

It's NOT intended for semi-educated people (like yourself!) to come storming in with all kinds of garbage and nonsense! There's a HUGE difference between people who are trying to learn and those (again, like you) who want nothing but attention for their hare-brained "thoughts" and who have (again, like you!) no interest in learning when their mistakes are pointed out.

You, Reiku are guilty of ALL charges and innocent of none!:bugeye:
 
Was that his point? I don't think it was, and even if it was, he worded it totally wrong.

As for the other comments, if you don't like my work, or my thoughts, then you don't need to reply or even participate. I don't hold a gun to anyones head or anything.
 
Reiku said:
As for the other comments, if you don't like my work, or my thoughts, then you don't need to reply or even participate. I don't hold a gun to anyones head or anything.
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No. But we can object when you take up bandwidth with infantile notions combined with a refusal to learn.

In my book the conscious decision to refuse to learn - a decision you have made - is grounds for ejection from the human race and loss of all human rights. You may reverse your decision at any time.
 
Reiku said:
Was that his point? I don't think it was, and even if it was, he worded it totally wrong.

As for the other comments, if you don't like my work, or my thoughts, then you don't need to reply or even participate. I don't hold a gun to anyones head or anything.
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You seem bright and interested in your theories, passionately so. You take a lot of flack to stand up for your concepts. Why don't you get trained in the subject if it interests you so much?
 
S.A.M. said:
You seem bright and interested in your theories, passionately so. You take a lot of flack to stand up for your concepts. Why don't you get trained in the subject if it interests you so much?
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The answer to that is quite simple Sam. He's proven two thing to all of us time and time again. The first is that he does not WANT to learn and the second is that the ONLY reason he's here is to draw personal attention.

I've concluded that he's an attention-starved individual who has alienated everyone he's ever met. So he has reduced himself down to the point that he has to post in forums for human contact and readily accepts the negative responses his garbage attracts simply because it's STILL a form of the attention that he craves so much.
 
The first is that he does not WANT to learn and the second is that the ONLY reason he's here is to draw personal attention.
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I think that it's painfully obvious that this is true.

There are certain people who want the privlege of being able to comprehend the deep truths of Nature without having put in the effort to gain the skills necessary. These are the same people who say things like "Well, if you can't explain it without math, then you don't really understand it."

These are also the people who opt for having their stomachs stapled, as opposed to actually getting off of the couch and jogging.
 
CptBork said:
Why are so many people coming on here with no physics or math background...
... Do any of you really think you're helping... when you have no way of knowing whether your ideas are even valid in a scientific context? Do you think it's fair on those who can't differentiate between the scientific validity and applicability of one idea and another when you try to give the impression that you know your ideas are correct and true?... one crank after another... with one useless idea after another....

I can't believe the arrogance... ... someone with little formal education in this subject...

... when told their idea doesn't apply here, insists that it is correct...

It's bad enough when quantum flapdoodle is popularized in the media by gurus and people with no actual knowledge or research in the field.

Please do not come to a legitimate science forum with real*(?) scientists and waste time and space...
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Haven't read the rest of the thread yet, but talk about arrogance! Ya know, not everybody has the means to attend grad school.

Has it occurred to you that some folks just have ideas and either want to fire them off and/or test them with those who do have the edu. background. The reason I bring this up is while I have yet to start a thread in this section, I have been thinking of just such an action.
I am an intelligent person who, while has trouble with the math, am quite capable of understanding the theory behind/within the math.

True, while only a few "wild/crank" ideas turn out to be useful, The ones that do however, usually turn accepted science on it's head.

Besides, Copernicus was a "crank". Edison was a drop-out. (And yes, I know, Edison was more of an engineer than a scientist. [Some would also add 'thief'] Still, he did things that were "impossible" according to what was thought possible at the time.)

... Physics and math is not a democracy...
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Quite true, It's a journey of probabilities, and synthesis.
While I accept there are 'cranks' in the world; is your knowledge unable to withstand the test? (Of patience, at the very least)


One of the ways one tests a theory is to defend it against the status quo, esp. if it is a radical, and or controversial one. Which is to say: Often advances in science come from outside the halls of academia.

You savvy, "Cpt" Bork?
Which branch of the military was that? Or did you just assume the title, hummm?

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(Q) said:
Or, science to a Muslim. Same thing.
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Hey Pal, Through out the middle ages it was the muslims who kept science alive. Can you say "ZERO"?

You refer to modern fundamentalist muslims which are no more anti science the fundamentalist christians. Can you say "evolution"? Or that the planet is only 10,000-12,000 years old?
A 'Fundy' is a 'Fundy'. Anti-Science. (Exceptions allowed)
 
Has it occurred to you that some folks just have ideas and either want to fire them off and/or test them with those who do have the edu.
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If this is all it were, then there would be no problem.
 
Tht1Gy! said:
Hey Pal, Through out the middle ages it was the muslims who kept science alive. Can you say "ZERO"?
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You mean when Muslims conquered other countries, stole their ideas and claimed them for themselves. Yes, I know.
 
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