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From: clzb93ynxj@att.net (LaurenceClarkCrossen)
Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics
Subject: Re: How do Universities Sell Prestigious =?UTF-8?B?QmF1Ymxlcz8=?=
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:30:12 +0000
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On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 5:35:59 +0000, The Starmaker wrote:

> LaurenceClarkCrossen wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:05:49 +0000, The Starmaker wrote:
>>
>>> LaurenceClarkCrossen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It is said that simple people are sometimes impressed by glass baubles.
>>>> How do cheap and stupid, fallacious ideas violating basic logic attain
>>>> prestige values and become marketed at universities for fortunes? The
>>>> reification fallacy is an elementary fallacy and a foolish error that a
>>>> child would know better than. However, we find universities convincing
>>>> people that ideas involving this error are highly intelligent, such as
>>>> expanding and bending space. Then, people uncritically and thoughtlessly
>>>> embrace these ideas without a second thought. This is very pathetic,
>>>> slavish, and avoidable.
>>>
>>>
>>> They become marketed at universities for fortunes by the ...'textbooks
>>> monopoly'.
>>>
>>> (of course the teachers textbooks come with the answers)
>>>
>>> You need to investigate the 'textbooks monopoly' cartel.
>>>
>>>
>>> The cabal decides what they want you to think.
>>>
>>>
>>> How many planets are there? Who decides the answer for you? A cabal.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'm on it!
>
>
> Now that you are  "on it", I just want to know who side you are on...
>
>
> How many planets are there in our solar system?
I would point out that the idea that universities prioritize teaching
what sells tuition over teaching good science is not a conspiracy
theory. It's just a profitable thing to do when people want to purchase
prestige instead of knowledge.