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Comment What is interesting (Score 2) 421

What is interesting is that Irish people are some of the nicest people I have ever met. It is a bit of a mystery why they are so nice, given how war-torn their two countries are, and that potato famine thing. Feherty is must-watch golf TV. Conan is one of the greatest late-nighters. Then there's one of the greatest 'stand-up' comics: Dave Allen.
- an envious Canadian

Comment Re:No (Score 1) 532

You try to assign a lot of emotional words to what might motivate me daily.

It is also possible for me to simply know that it is healthy for me to get better at something. But if I don't get better at, let's say, riding a bike, well at least I rode a bike that day. Riding is healthy and I can still pat myself on the back and carry on. If I improve I go "cool". I may wonder why I am slower one day, and I may wonder why I am faster another. But I don't have to get emotional about it. Riding a bike is already a win.

Aggression is for those who believe in win-lose. Clearly the 1% fall into this category, hence our war-torn world.

Comment And Poincare... (Score 1) 183

Poincare's work habits have been compared to a bee flying from flower to flower. Poincare was interested in the way his mind worked; he studied his habits and gave a talk about his observations in 1908 at the Institute of General Psychology in Paris. He linked his way of thinking to how he made several discoveries.

The mathematician Darboux claimed he was un intuitif (intuitive), arguing that this is demonstrated by the fact that he worked so often by visual representation. He did not care about being rigorous and disliked logic. (Despite this opinion, Jacques Hadamard wrote that Poincare's research demonstrated marvelous clarity. and Poincare himself wrote that he believed that logic was not a way to invent but a way to structure ideas and that logic limits ideas.)

- Wiki

Comment Re:Scientists in the Wonderland (Score 1) 183

Einstein first conceived of relativity intuitively. Then had David Hilbert help him with the math. Causing Hilbert to actually conceive the math of relativity first -- though Hilbert graciously always said it was Einstein's theory. And Einstein had two assistants to help with the math as well.
- Pedro Ferreira's "The Perfect Theory"

And of course Newton had to invent the math to do his thing. Translation: he conceived of it first, then created the math for it second.

Comment Re:I completely agree (Score 1) 210

Yep, the fallback of the quack.

You're doing it again.

This can be the fallback of the quack.
This can also be the simple truth.

Most people do not like having their world turned upside down. People who have spent their career doing something, anything, do not like hearing of a better way...if that better way disrupts their world, threatens their income or otherwise challenges them more than they would like.

If any of that last paragraph is news to you, then welcome to the real world.

Comment Re:I completely agree (Score 1) 210

I will allow the possibility that this guy's theory is a non-starter.
I will also allow the possibility that this guy's theory is a work of pure genius.

Calling someone a "quack like this guy", without any reason to do so, is embarrassing to those of us trying to be objective and scientific. However it is surprisingly common among academics.

I have seen outright hostility. I have seen expressed interest that leads to non-communication without reasons. I have had the "crackpot" label leveled against me. And I have seen, above all else, a total lack of expressed interest or any effort at analysis, by academics.

These are the behaviors of a group who feel their gravy train is threatened. And yes it is.

Comment I completely agree (Score 1) 210

I have run into this same closed mindedness in academics. I suggest reading Rupert Sheldrake's "The Science Delusion" -- YouTubeable -- also called "The Dogma Of Science". Then consider that universities had religious origins. After that, give up on academics and just post your theory on your own web site (where it will be largely ignored).

There is only so much you can do when a small group control everything. Better theories are the very last thing they want.

Good luck.

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