Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Pennino Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: How do Universities Sell Prestigious Baubles? Followup-To: sci.physics Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:06:50 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <8lua6l-7qei1.ln1@gonzo.specsol.net> References: <266e4dcf4bee1d0100c5716c04f2e786@www.novabbs.com> <679284FD.3ABB@ix.netcom.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:16:06 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2a070363d6ff0b9ac4bafb9ef3092746"; logging-data="1964151"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ClMkvsaLUfYb/U/VIHLr0" User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20220130 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.0-130-generic (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WQMg2lFtUWE+Mgtl6KCKjsnd9Ns= Bytes: 2440 In sci.physics 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. >> >> >> > People are so scientifically ignorant that they can be taxed for vast > research grants on the pretext that space expands and is curved. Apparently, all the experiments and math are beyond your comprhension.