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I tried to post a message at the following moderated newsgroup.
** sci.physics.research The message is appended at the bottom. The response I got back from Igor Khavkine, the co-moderator, is the following. Could anyone point out where the personal attack is? The closest would be Einstein himself, but he is dead and ceased to be a person anymore. His ideology is what I am discussing. This incidence is merely a form of censorship. ================================================== = Unfortunately, the article you posted to sci.physics.research is inappropriate for the newsgroup because it contains personal attacks. Please keep the discussion civil. For more information, see the sci.physics.research charter at http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/spr.html Please note that, since the article was posted to a moderated group and was not approved, it will not appear in ANY newsgroup. If you want to post it to any unmoderated newsgroup, you must post it again, avoiding any moderated newsgroups. Keep in mind that posts are randomly distributed to one of the ACTIVE co-moderators. At any given time, one or more of these can be inactive. If, rather than resubmitting a post in the normal way, you email a moderator directly, it might arrive while he is inactive, causing an unnecessary delay. Sincerely, Igor Khavkine, sci.physics.research co-moderator ================================================== = On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 04:10:11PM +0000, Koobee Wublee wrote: "Murray Arnow" wrote in message .com... Einstein didn't plagiarize. He did reference others. His most important ideas weren't plagiarized: the Principle of Relativity (a concept accepted by most physicists) and the constancy of the speed of light as measured by all observers in inertial reference frames (an idea unique to Einstein). Principle of Relativity started with Galileo. Constancy of the speed of light was first proposed by Voigt. Lorentz Transform was first written down by Larmor. I still don't see your claim of Einstein's originality in this. These two remarkably simple postulates are responsible for the derivation of the Lorentz transformation. Till Einstein, there wasn't a physical basis for using the LT to connect the physical laws between observers in different reference frames (before SR, the transformations connecting different observers moving relative to each other were thought to be Galilean). If Larmor was able to derive LT, according to you, he must have used up these two postulates. Your claim is so subjective. SR and LET remain merely independent interpretations to the mathematics of LT. Using the LT in conjunction with how an observer on a uniformly radiating body, such as a star, measures the energy radiated by that body and the energy seen radiated from the body by a uniformly moving observer, Einstein was able to derive the now-famous E=mc^2. Please show how Einstein derived (E = m c^2). I claim he did so by making a series of errors in which he must have known the answer before hand. This would make him a plagiarist. I have over simplified here, but this is what Einstein did in his two 1905 papers. He also discussed how time was impacted--a new concept. The meaning of simultaneity was no longer simple. (Galelean transformations assume all observers measure the same time.) Relative simultaneity was actually Poincare's idea. That led to the absurdity of Twin's Paradox. [...] An excellent book on this subject is "Einstein 1905, The Standard of Greatness", John S. Rigden, Harvard University Press, 2005. Rigden disposes of the Einstein detractors in this very interesting read. It's written for to be readily understood by the non-specialist. Or best yet, truly understanding LT will unlock the mystery. The so called historians can foul the history and mutilate historic documents, but they cannot change the mathematics. The forensic of the history is indeed residing in the very mathematics. |
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Koobee Wublee wrote: I tried to post a message at the following moderated newsgroup. ** sci.physics.research The message is appended at the bottom. The response I got back from Igor Khavkine, the co-moderator, is the following. Could anyone point out where the personal attack is? The closest would be Einstein himself, but he is dead and ceased to be a person anymore. His ideology is what I am discussing. This incidence is merely a form of censorship. If by censorship you mean that a moderated NG can define its domain of applicability and enforce it, yes. But that's the way it goes with moderated NGs. You clearly violated the purpose of that NG by your submission (at bottom). By your own admission your submission was about a person and his ideolgy and how he framed his theory for publication and, lastly, on a historical perspective of the published paper, but all of that is outside the domain of sci.physics.research, and none of that is about the theory presented only, which is all that that NG might care to read about (it might not even want that much as that paper is 100 years old at this point). sci.physics.research appears to want submissions only about current physical research that is testable, not historical "research" and not polemical writings. Furthermore, you claimed: 1) Principle of Relativity started with Galileo. 2) Constancy of the speed of light was first proposed by Voigt. 3) Lorentz Transform was first written down by Larmor. You claimed that Einstein was unscholarly, yet you refused to give any scholarly support to back up these claims you made. Your failure to do so, besides being hypocritical, is bad enough for sci.physics.relativity and twice as bad for sci.physics.research, demonstrating that you have no concept of what that NG is designed for. ================================================== = Unfortunately, the article you posted to sci.physics.research is inappropriate for the newsgroup because it contains personal attacks. Please keep the discussion civil. For more information, see the sci.physics.research charter at http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/spr.html Please note that, since the article was posted to a moderated group and was not approved, it will not appear in ANY newsgroup. If you want to post it to any unmoderated newsgroup, you must post it again, avoiding any moderated newsgroups. Keep in mind that posts are randomly distributed to one of the ACTIVE co-moderators. At any given time, one or more of these can be inactive. If, rather than resubmitting a post in the normal way, you email a moderator directly, it might arrive while he is inactive, causing an unnecessary delay. Sincerely, Igor Khavkine, sci.physics.research co-moderator ================================================== = On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 04:10:11PM +0000, Koobee Wublee wrote: "Murray Arnow" wrote in message .com... Einstein didn't plagiarize. He did reference others. His most important ideas weren't plagiarized: the Principle of Relativity (a concept accepted by most physicists) and the constancy of the speed of light as measured by all observers in inertial reference frames (an idea unique to Einstein). Principle of Relativity started with Galileo. Constancy of the speed of light was first proposed by Voigt. Lorentz Transform was first written down by Larmor. I still don't see your claim of Einstein's originality in this. These two remarkably simple postulates are responsible for the derivation of the Lorentz transformation. Till Einstein, there wasn't a physical basis for using the LT to connect the physical laws between observers in different reference frames (before SR, the transformations connecting different observers moving relative to each other were thought to be Galilean). If Larmor was able to derive LT, according to you, he must have used up these two postulates. Your claim is so subjective. SR and LET remain merely independent interpretations to the mathematics of LT. Using the LT in conjunction with how an observer on a uniformly radiating body, such as a star, measures the energy radiated by that body and the energy seen radiated from the body by a uniformly moving observer, Einstein was able to derive the now-famous E=mc^2. Please show how Einstein derived (E = m c^2). I claim he did so by making a series of errors in which he must have known the answer before hand. This would make him a plagiarist. I have over simplified here, but this is what Einstein did in his two 1905 papers. He also discussed how time was impacted--a new concept. The meaning of simultaneity was no longer simple. (Galelean transformations assume all observers measure the same time.) Relative simultaneity was actually Poincare's idea. That led to the absurdity of Twin's Paradox. [...] An excellent book on this subject is "Einstein 1905, The Standard of Greatness", John S. Rigden, Harvard University Press, 2005. Rigden disposes of the Einstein detractors in this very interesting read. It's written for to be readily understood by the non-specialist. Or best yet, truly understanding LT will unlock the mystery. The so called historians can foul the history and mutilate historic documents, but they cannot change the mathematics. The forensic of the history is indeed residing in the very mathematics. |
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Koobee Wublee wrote: wrote: You clearly violated the purpose of that NG by your submission (at bottom). By your own admission your submission was about a person and his ideolgy and how he framed his theory for publication and, lastly, on a historical perspective of the published paper, but all of that is outside the domain of sci.physics.research, and none of that is about the theory presented only, which is all that that NG might care to read about (it might not even want that much as that paper is 100 years old at this point). Hello! Einstein ceased to be a person when he died. You are talking as if he is still alive. You are talkinig as if he lives within you. That is pure sophistry and you know it! If you wish I will substitue another word for "person." How about "historical figure"? The point is that Einstein, the historical figure, is not a testable physical theory. Einstein's 1905 paper has been regarded as the bible. Without carefully going through the math, you assume that paper is still the bible, and this is not what science is about. You challenged me earlier to find holes in Einstein's argument regarding (E = m c^2), and I did. I pointed out Einstein's first mistake. There are more. It is time to let the world know about this. This is also not about a physical theory. Letting the world know about Einstein's "mistakes" is not a testable physical theory, and the moderators of sci.physics.research do not find merit in your claim that Einstein made mistakes. They find your claims either preposterous or specious or just speculative, anyone of which is sufficient to violate their stated parameters of the NG.. sci.physics.research appears to want submissions only about current physical research that is testable, not historical "research" and not polemical writings. Again, this is BS. Did you even look at the title of this post? How were the previous posts not censored? That is hypocritical. Maybe it is, or maybe they do allow for posts of a slightly broader aspect, but they claimed that your submission was speculative, as I remember. Historical research is far less certain than logic or math, as you say. Whether it is hypocritical or not is none of my interest, since I almost never post there. The decision of the moderators are final, so why pursue this further? As an author of technical papers myself, I know the disappointment of having my submissions rejected. My first submitted paper was rudely rejected as being "off topic" for the journal. But I got over it. So, deal with the sour grapes and get on with better things. Furthermore, you claimed: 1) Principle of Relativity started with Galileo. 2) Constancy of the speed of light was first proposed by Voigt. 3) Lorentz Transform was first written down by Larmor. Yes, these are all historical facts. Then it should be easy for you to give references to them, shouldn't it. In any case, you miss the point on all three points. First, Einstein never claimed to have invented or discovered the PoR. He claimed to have converted it from an incidental principle of dubious use in physics to a (heuristic) postulate of a physical theory. That was novel in SR. Second, even if Voigt did claim the Light Principle before Einstein, that doesn't mean that Einstein knew of it. Einstein claimed to consider the LP as an empirical fact in 1905. In fact, he made it a point afterwards to specify the distinction he made between a constuctive theory and a principle theory in an essay he wrote years later to help clarify the importance he made of principles in the foundation to SR. He claimed that his principles were emprically founded. Third, whoever gets to claim priority in the LT is irrelevant to the issue of SR because the LT there are derived, not postulated. It seems quite obvious to me that you have no appreciation for the role a physical theory plays in physics. Once you understand that a lot of your misconceptions will disappear. You claimed that Einstein was unscholarly, yet you refused to give any scholarly support to back up these claims you made. Your failure to do so, besides being hypocritical, is bad enough for sci.physics.relativity and twice as bad for sci.physics.research, demonstrating that you have no concept of what that NG is designed for. I expect the flamers to come after me with challenges within the confine of mathematics and logic. I expect that newsgroup to censor all the body parts thrown at me. I expect that one day you will realize that not every forum is right for your new religion of anti-Einstein. sci.physics.research certainly isn't. If there is ever the NG sci.physics.historicalresearch, that's your forum. |
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Koobee Wublee wrote:
The hidden purpose of a moderated group is censorship. No. You need to learn about the sociology and process of science, as as well as basic physics. Moderated groups are the USENET equivalent of peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of both is to save their readers' time by omitting garbage and nonsense, and by ensuring that articles adhere to basic principles of style, scholarship, and civil discourse. Scientists do not have an infinite amount of time, and these institutions have evolved to serve a real need of the community: the ability to read relevant communications in the field without wasting time on nonsense and irrelevancies. There exist journals that span a continuum of style and scholarship requirements, from the Physical Review (etc.) at the top, to Apeiron (etc.) and moderated groups at the bottom; unmoderated groups like this one are not even on the scale. You and a number of others around here repeatedly claim "censorship", when the truth is simply that you are unable to meet the requirements of journals or moderated groups. Those requirements are precisely why physicists (etc.) read those journals and groups, and not the "National Inquirer" or unmoderated groups. The fault is yours, not of the journal or moderated group -- they are simply performing their desired function. Apparently unknown to you, MANY dissident articles get published, but by authors who know and follow the rules of the relevant journal or newsgroup. shrug BTW it is rarely the actual content of articles and messages that gets them rejected, it is usually style and/or incompetence on the part of the author. In the case of the article you tried to post in the moderated group, it is written in an abrasive and disrespectful style, and makes numerous errors of historical fact; you state personal opinions as if they were facts, ignoring a well-known and large body of scholarly work that contradicts your claims. Tom Roberts |
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Tom Roberts wrote: Koobee Wublee wrote: The hidden purpose of a moderated group is censorship. No. You need to learn about the sociology and process of science, as as well as basic physics. Good adivce. My advice to you is to seek a psychiatrist and get rid of that zealous admiration for Einstein. You are very blind with that worship. It is clouding your ability to do actual physics. Oh, also, please back up with what you are saying with some mathematics. Your word salad most of the time just don't digest very well with me. Moderated groups are the USENET equivalent of peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of both is to save their readers' time by omitting garbage and nonsense, and by ensuring that articles adhere to basic principles of style, scholarship, and civil discourse. Scientists do not have an infinite amount of time, and these institutions have evolved to serve a real need of the community: the ability to read relevant communications in the field without wasting time on nonsense and irrelevancies. There exist journals that span a continuum of style and scholarship requirements, from the Physical Review (etc.) at the top, to Apeiron (etc.) and moderated groups at the bottom; unmoderated groups like this one are not even on the scale. Garbage and nonsense are all subjective. It is no diiferent from your subjective experimental interpretations. So, subjectively, you can also point your experimental result towards your core belief. In science, there should never be any core believes. You and a number of others around here repeatedly claim "censorship", when the truth is simply that you are unable to meet the requirements of journals or moderated groups. Those requirements are precisely why physicists (etc.) read those journals and groups, and not the "National Inquirer" or unmoderated groups. The fault is yours, not of the journal or moderated group -- they are simply performing their desired function. Apparently unknown to you, MANY dissident articles get published, but by authors who know and follow the rules of the relevant journal or newsgroup. shrug It is because of my style. I only go after the jugular veins when the "proper" belief is truly corrupted. BTW it is rarely the actual content of articles and messages that gets them rejected, it is usually style and/or incompetence on the part of the author. In the case of the article you tried to post in the moderated group, it is written in an abrasive and disrespectful style, and makes numerous errors of historical fact; you state personal opinions as if they were facts, ignoring a well-known and large body of scholarly work that contradicts your claims. Abrasive and disrespect styles are all subjective. I don't believe I have insulted anyone personally. As far as historic errors, please point them out. Did you not have said that you really don't care much about history. History is best left for historians to sort out. My post points out in a very point-blank fashion that Einstein fumbled on his derivation of (E = m c^2). There is no need to reference other large body of unscholarly works. This is a point to prove history wrong as well as a point to prove Einstein's plagiarism. If I am wrong, it should have no problems for the moderators to post my message. And then, it will be torn to pieces by others. So, what do you have to be afraid of? The moderated group rejects any personal attacks, and the discussion should then be concentrated on logic and sound physics. However, when the moderators see something that I have a great point, they just rejected on grounds totally ridiculous. This is a tried tatics in the media. As long as it is not reported, it is not news. |
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Koobee Wublee wrote: Tom Roberts wrote: Koobee Wublee wrote: The hidden purpose of a moderated group is censorship. No. You need to learn about the sociology and process of science, as as well as basic physics. Good adivce. My advice to you is to seek a psychiatrist and get rid of that zealous admiration for Einstein. My advice to you is to seek a psychiatrist and get rid of that zealous belief you have that the moon is made of cheese. You are very blind with that worship. It is clouding your ability to do actual physics. Believing that the moon is made of cheese isn't going to get you very far in physics either. Oh, also, please back up with what you are saying with some mathematics. Your word salad most of the time just don't digest very well with me. It doesn't take mathematics to tell you that your abrasive and polemical style of writing is going to get your submissions rejected on a moderated NGs. You're simply spoiled by being a regular poster to unmoderated NGs. Moderated groups are the USENET equivalent of peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of both is to save their readers' time by omitting garbage and nonsense, and by ensuring that articles adhere to basic principles of style, scholarship, and civil discourse. Scientists do not have an infinite amount of time, and these institutions have evolved to serve a real need of the community: the ability to read relevant communications in the field without wasting time on nonsense and irrelevancies. There exist journals that span a continuum of style and scholarship requirements, from the Physical Review (etc.) at the top, to Apeiron (etc.) and moderated groups at the bottom; unmoderated groups like this one are not even on the scale. Garbage and nonsense are all subjective. It is no diiferent from your subjective experimental interpretations. So, subjectively, you can also point your experimental result towards your core belief. In science, there should never be any core believes. What do you mean by a "core belief," and why can't science have any of them? You and a number of others around here repeatedly claim "censorship", when the truth is simply that you are unable to meet the requirements of journals or moderated groups. Those requirements are precisely why physicists (etc.) read those journals and groups, and not the "National Inquirer" or unmoderated groups. The fault is yours, not of the journal or moderated group -- they are simply performing their desired function. Apparently unknown to you, MANY dissident articles get published, but by authors who know and follow the rules of the relevant journal or newsgroup. shrug It is because of my style. I only go after the jugular veins when the "proper" belief is truly corrupted. Then do it here, which, unfortunately, does not require posts to be rational and without demagoguery that are required conditions in moderated NGs. BTW it is rarely the actual content of articles and messages that gets them rejected, it is usually style and/or incompetence on the part of the author. In the case of the article you tried to post in the moderated group, it is written in an abrasive and disrespectful style, and makes numerous errors of historical fact; you state personal opinions as if they were facts, ignoring a well-known and large body of scholarly work that contradicts your claims. Abrasive and disrespect styles are all subjective. I don't believe I have insulted anyone personally. As far as historic errors, please point them out. Did you not have said that you really don't care much about history. History is best left for historians to sort out. My post points out in a very point-blank fashion that Einstein fumbled on his derivation of (E = m c^2). There is no need to reference other large body of unscholarly works. This is a point to prove history wrong as well as a point to prove Einstein's plagiarism. Even if your accusations were true, which they aren't, they have nothing to do with sci.physics.research, which is NOT about historical research. If I am wrong, it should have no problems for the moderators to post my message. And then, it will be torn to pieces by others. That's like saying: If my dress is inappropriate for a particular restaurant, the doorman should still let me in and let the owner throw me out later. If you don't belong in, you should go in, in the first place. But fear not, all cranks, nutcases, christian fascists, and deluded morons have a home here at sci.physics.relativity --- unfortunately. So, what do you have to be afraid of? The moderated group rejects any personal attacks, and the discussion should then be concentrated on logic and sound physics. Then cut out of your submission everything that is not "logic and sound physics" and re-submit it. For example, SR can be discussed without any mention of Einstein or Minkowski. |
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Koobee Wublee wrote: Tom Roberts wrote: Koobee Wublee wrote: The hidden purpose of a moderated group is censorship. No. You need to learn about the sociology and process of science, as as well as basic physics. Good adivce. My advice to you is to seek a psychiatrist and get rid of that zealous admiration for Einstein. My advice to you is to seek a psychiatrist and get rid of that zealous belief you have that the moon is made of cheese. You are very blind with that worship. It is clouding your ability to do actual physics. Believing that the moon is made of cheese isn't going to get you very far in physics either. Oh, also, please back up with what you are saying with some mathematics. Your word salad most of the time just don't digest very well with me. It doesn't take mathematics to tell you that your abrasive and polemical style of writing is going to get your submissions rejected on a moderated NGs. You're simply spoiled by being a regular poster to unmoderated NGs. Moderated groups are the USENET equivalent of peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of both is to save their readers' time by omitting garbage and nonsense, and by ensuring that articles adhere to basic principles of style, scholarship, and civil discourse. Scientists do not have an infinite amount of time, and these institutions have evolved to serve a real need of the community: the ability to read relevant communications in the field without wasting time on nonsense and irrelevancies. There exist journals that span a continuum of style and scholarship requirements, from the Physical Review (etc.) at the top, to Apeiron (etc.) and moderated groups at the bottom; unmoderated groups like this one are not even on the scale. Garbage and nonsense are all subjective. It is no diiferent from your subjective experimental interpretations. So, subjectively, you can also point your experimental result towards your core belief. In science, there should never be any core believes. What do you mean by a "core belief," and why can't science have any of them? You and a number of others around here repeatedly claim "censorship", when the truth is simply that you are unable to meet the requirements of journals or moderated groups. Those requirements are precisely why physicists (etc.) read those journals and groups, and not the "National Inquirer" or unmoderated groups. The fault is yours, not of the journal or moderated group -- they are simply performing their desired function. Apparently unknown to you, MANY dissident articles get published, but by authors who know and follow the rules of the relevant journal or newsgroup. shrug It is because of my style. I only go after the jugular veins when the "proper" belief is truly corrupted. Then do it here, which, unfortunately, does not require posts to be rational and without demagoguery that are required conditions in moderated NGs. BTW it is rarely the actual content of articles and messages that gets them rejected, it is usually style and/or incompetence on the part of the author. In the case of the article you tried to post in the moderated group, it is written in an abrasive and disrespectful style, and makes numerous errors of historical fact; you state personal opinions as if they were facts, ignoring a well-known and large body of scholarly work that contradicts your claims. Abrasive and disrespect styles are all subjective. I don't believe I have insulted anyone personally. As far as historic errors, please point them out. Did you not have said that you really don't care much about history. History is best left for historians to sort out. My post points out in a very point-blank fashion that Einstein fumbled on his derivation of (E = m c^2). There is no need to reference other large body of unscholarly works. This is a point to prove history wrong as well as a point to prove Einstein's plagiarism. Even if your accusations were true, which they aren't, they have nothing to do with sci.physics.research, which is NOT about historical research. If I am wrong, it should have no problems for the moderators to post my message. And then, it will be torn to pieces by others. That's like saying: If my dress is inappropriate for a particular restaurant, the doorman should still let me in and let the owner throw me out later. If you don't belong in, you should go in, in the first place. But fear not, all cranks, nutcases, christian fascists, and deluded morons have a home here at sci.physics.relativity --- unfortunately. So, what do you have to be afraid of? The moderated group rejects any personal attacks, and the discussion should then be concentrated on logic and sound physics. Then cut out of your submission everything that is not "logic and sound physics" and re-submit it. For example, SR can be discussed without any mention of Einstein or Minkowski. |
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