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    Need an Arxiv endorsement for preprinting my paper

    Don't be so quick to type! "...another amateur..." refers to the original poster.
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    Need an Arxiv endorsement for preprinting my paper

    I found this link from another physicsforum thread, in response to another amateur physicist who sought a shortcut into publication: http://physicsandphysicists.blogspot.com/2006/10/crazy-but-correct.html
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    Need an Arxiv endorsement for preprinting my paper

    I've considered soliciting an arxiv endorsement from this forum for some time now. I guess this thread is proof that it doesn't work! (and I'm even a good speller!)
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    Need an Arxiv endorsement for preprinting my paper

    That is good input from neutrino. Everybody knows about Peer Review and ARXIV, perhaps someone has a suggestion about getting amateur research into publication? Are "vanity journals" only for crackpots?
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    Need an Arxiv endorsement for preprinting my paper

    A bad person would do it. Or it the work was REALLY GOOD, the cat would be out of the bag - people would take the idea and run with it, leaving the poor inventor with nothing but an insignificant thread on an insignificant website. I really don't believe that physicsforums.com qualifies as...
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    Need an Arxiv endorsement for preprinting my paper

    Hi BDOA, Our situations are identical. My "academic contacts" are either retired or deceased. I never considered submitting my work to the IR forum. What will prevent someone from downloading your paper, changing the title and author, and sending it to Physical Review? (See my concurrent...
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    Amateur Physicist's Breakthrough: How To Make It Known?

    Let's pretend that an amateur physicist makes a major breakthrough. How would he "get the word out"? What difficulties would be faced? How would you proceed if it were you?
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