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On Theory Development I posted some hours ago a reply ( Something wrong with E=mc2) about the practice on the Theory development thread on "strange theories", which are against mainstream (you know the official Guru's). I said that new ideas may have great value even not proven yet. So I am for an open approach. Then I said I liked PF but not such Inquisition type of approach where Chroot closes every new "strange idea". I don't think my remarks are that offensive.
IMO refusing new ideas is not scientific. If science would have an answer to everything ... I would agree. But we see that world recognized experts are battling between them, even on terms like background, strings, Quantum Gravity, ... etc. Much is speculative.
But then my critical post was DELETED ... that was really surprizing to me. Does that shows that in PF the censorship becomes a rule? I don't think so in general, but on Theory Development for sure.
When someone expresses critics ... just delete the post. That means that the system has no answer, or that the system knows something is wrong, or that systems fears that something is spread.
I suggested also that an alternative was to post "strange" ideas on http://www.superstringtheory.org:8080/forum/index.jsp which is a more open system. There you have no Chroot closing threads.
Now it have no real problem that Chroot blocks posts, it's just a pity that good ideas may be lost or not get exposure. It's just shows that PF became rigids. May be PF over-judges it's importance. May be. On the start is was different ... every post was welcome to get the numbers.
The consequence: Action gives reaction. That's the way it goes in Physics, that's the way it goes in communications. Since two years I promote PF on my website. On every page (40 pages?) I made a link. But now ... since I don't trust PF's openness ... why should I do that? I am going to remove those links on next update. May be not of real importance ... but that's my simple reaction. I don't like censorship, and I don't think that open people need to be linked to people which apply in any way censorship.
My question: Is PF mentally strong enough to let this post appear on the site? Or will it be deleted in some hours?
IMO refusing new ideas is not scientific. If science would have an answer to everything ... I would agree. But we see that world recognized experts are battling between them, even on terms like background, strings, Quantum Gravity, ... etc. Much is speculative.
But then my critical post was DELETED ... that was really surprizing to me. Does that shows that in PF the censorship becomes a rule? I don't think so in general, but on Theory Development for sure.
When someone expresses critics ... just delete the post. That means that the system has no answer, or that the system knows something is wrong, or that systems fears that something is spread.
I suggested also that an alternative was to post "strange" ideas on http://www.superstringtheory.org:8080/forum/index.jsp which is a more open system. There you have no Chroot closing threads.
Now it have no real problem that Chroot blocks posts, it's just a pity that good ideas may be lost or not get exposure. It's just shows that PF became rigids. May be PF over-judges it's importance. May be. On the start is was different ... every post was welcome to get the numbers.
The consequence: Action gives reaction. That's the way it goes in Physics, that's the way it goes in communications. Since two years I promote PF on my website. On every page (40 pages?) I made a link. But now ... since I don't trust PF's openness ... why should I do that? I am going to remove those links on next update. May be not of real importance ... but that's my simple reaction. I don't like censorship, and I don't think that open people need to be linked to people which apply in any way censorship.
My question: Is PF mentally strong enough to let this post appear on the site? Or will it be deleted in some hours?
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