Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: clzb93ynxj@att.net (LaurenceClarkCrossen) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: How do Universities Sell Prestigious =?UTF-8?B?QmF1Ymxlcz8=?= Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:45:52 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <50e7793e51e3c17c7b5ded212d4a2fed@www.novabbs.com> References: <266e4dcf4bee1d0100c5716c04f2e786@www.novabbs.com> <679284FD.3ABB@ix.netcom.com> <8lua6l-7qei1.ln1@gonzo.specsol.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="835322"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="HcQFdl4zp4UQRQ9N18ivMn6Fl9V8n4SPkK4oZHLgYdQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$PEbYXOCgjGxZ1i0Tofc41.Tvhzs3S4EYROHPETycuzHZn3YyqsJF6 X-Rslight-Posting-User: a2f761a7401f13abeefca3440f16b2f27b708180 Bytes: 2745 Lines: 39 On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:06:50 +0000, Jim Pennino wrote: > 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 comprehension. Do you think the experiments prove parallel lines meet? They would have to for space to curve. Your logic is wrong. Your derivation is wrong. It doesn't predict.