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Suppose I had a hypothetical blog entry which I deemed a "personal theory." |
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| Feb6-12, 11:40 PM | #1 |
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Suppose I had a hypothetical blog entry which I deemed a "personal theory."
As a hypothetical example, here is the link:
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/clark/ncar799.html It concerns asteroid/comet impacts, including 40 references. And, hypothetically I state something along the lines of: "My personal theory, based along the information in the above peer-review, is that there would be an X effect to a Y section of the Earth with a Z-type asteroid. The following are my reasons, based on established scientific principles." ----------------------------- Would this be permitted in a blog? |
| Feb7-12, 12:32 AM | #2 |
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A scientific theory is a very specific thing. If you are simply saying that an asteroid of X mass impacting on a point on the Earth would do Y amount of damage, there is nothing wrong with that and it is not a personal theory. Using established scientific principles is perfectly ok.
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| Feb7-12, 08:57 AM | #3 |
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What you have is a personal opinion, not a personal theory.
You could check how plausible your opinion is using accepted scientific theories, if you had enough knowledge and enough computing power to run the simulations. |
| Feb7-12, 11:22 AM | #4 |
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Suppose I had a hypothetical blog entry which I deemed a "personal theory." |
| Feb7-12, 12:46 PM | #5 |
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Then, as my hypothetical example would be a personal opinion (but not a personal theory, as posted to me by AlephZero), I would feel free to post this personal opinion in my own blog. |
| Feb7-12, 12:52 PM | #6 |
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In the rules the term "theory" is used in the colloquial not scientific sense. If your theory, opinion, hypothesis or whatever breaches the rules regarding personal theories, non-mainstream science and overly-speculative posts then it is not allowed.
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| Feb7-12, 12:54 PM | #7 |
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I wouldn't advise being cocky using technicalities to post something which disagrees with the science behind it.
As long as the science agrees with it, then there shouldn't be a problem. |
| Feb7-12, 01:02 PM | #8 |
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very discriminating with their ideas and terms, lest they upset the status quo of what users, mentors, and admin deem to their liking. So, I wouldn't claim someone to be "cocky," because they are getting clarification on words, their meanings, and usage in the forum. [itex]\text{Note: JaredJames's message in post #9 is noted by me.}[/itex] |
| Feb7-12, 01:04 PM | #9 |
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The site forces people to adhere to scientific standards. Period.
I'm always amused that people come here, decide they don't like it and then complain over and over or try to work around the rules rather than just going elsewhere. Private site, private rules. If you don't like it, tough. |
| Feb7-12, 01:12 PM | #10 |
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Something to bear in mind is that if you lack the knowledge to distinguish whether or not your idea, opinion or theory is in line with mainstream science then it you probably lack the knowledge to make a good theory. |
| Feb7-12, 01:14 PM | #11 |
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who violate their own rules by attacking users with sarcasm or uses of words such as "prattling" to squash polite, relevant discussion, lest it hurt their egos. The fact that this is a private site is irrelevant to all the users being held accountable to not disparaging other users by violating the rules. |
| Feb7-12, 01:15 PM | #12 |
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| Feb7-12, 01:18 PM | #13 |
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every minute detail as to whether or not they adhered to using scientific methods every time. I can really try to do that. > > Edit: I just read the post of Ryan m b to not discuss this anymore. > > 2nd Edit: I just read the post by micromass in post # 14 below. |
| Feb7-12, 01:28 PM | #14 |
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I have especially created a blog on this: http://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=3751 |
| Feb7-12, 05:19 PM | #15 |
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| Feb7-12, 05:20 PM | #16 |
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| Feb7-12, 05:31 PM | #17 |
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