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To: ThePythonicCow; Physicist; PatrickHenry
A simple method for rating potentially revolutionary contributions to physics:

A -5 point starting credit.
1 point for every statement that is widely agreed on to be false.
2 points for every statement that is clearly vacuous.
3 points for every statement that is logically inconsistent.
5 points for each such statement that is adhered to despite careful correction.
5 points for using a thought experiment that contradicts the results of a widely accepted real experiment.
5 points for each word in all capital letters (except for those with defective keyboards).
5 points for each mention of "Einstien", "Hawkins" or "Feynmann".
10 points for each claim that quantum mechanics is fundamentally misguided (without good evidence).
10 points for pointing out that you have gone to school, as if this were evidence of sanity.
read more here:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html
4 posted on 06/16/2003 3:26:19 AM PDT by AdmSmith
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To: AdmSmith; Physicist; longshadow; RadioAstronomer; ThinkPlease; VadeRetro; Junior; general_re; ...
Thanks for the ping. I read the thing, and it seems to me that the author is a loon. I'm only going to ping a few others, not my whole list. There's very little info on the web about the author. But I found this: HERE.
6 posted on 06/16/2003 3:56:02 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: AdmSmith
Serious problem.

This simple method would create a relatively high score for non-revolutionary contributions.
14 posted on 06/16/2003 5:15:20 AM PDT by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: AdmSmith
An "I miss ol' Ted" placemarker...
23 posted on 06/16/2003 10:48:15 AM PDT by Junior (Better living through chemistry)
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