Can Asking Questions Lead to Learning on This Forum?

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Asking questions is viewed as essential for learning about Special and General Relativity on this forum. The user expresses frustration over perceived restrictions on free speech and the ability to challenge existing theories, suggesting that questioning is a valid method of inquiry. They argue that if their approach is against forum rules, they would accept being banned, as they feel this contradicts principles of open discussion. However, other users counter that a persistent belief in one's own correctness undermines the desire to learn. The discussion highlights the tension between inquiry and established knowledge in the context of a private forum.
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Another purpose of this forum is to learn about Special & General Relativity by my posts I have learned a lot about this topic. I find it impossible to learn about a topic wihtout asking questions by way of example or challengin an answer.

If I am breaching the rules of this forum by learning through this method then by all means kick me off. If you do kick me off I would be happy to go as obviosuly freedom of speech is not encouraged here which I beleiev breaches severl US statutes and the US consitiution, and this forum is really just a dictatorship "accept what I say or go"

You will note in all my posts I have never said the post was my theory I simply post an example and ask if my analysis is wrong. People on this forum are completely at liberty to reply or ignore so if you think my posts are wasting your time fine don't reply, don't even read them
 
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It would help if you just asked questions about what would happen in a given scenario rather than present your own suggested answers which contradict SR.
 
rab99 said:
Another purpose of this forum is to learn about Special & General Relativity by my posts I have learned a lot about this topic. I find it impossible to learn about a topic wihtout asking questions by way of example or challengin an answer.

If I am breaching the rules of this forum by learning through this method then by all means kick me off. If you do kick me off I would be happy to go as obviosuly freedom of speech is not encouraged here which I beleiev breaches severl US statutes and the US consitiution, and this forum is really just a dictatorship "accept what I say or go"

You will note in all my posts I have never said the post was my theory I simply post an example and ask if my analysis is wrong. People on this forum are completely at liberty to reply or ignore so if you think my posts are wasting your time fine don't reply, don't even read them

When you say something like:

Im persistent because I know at the core of my being the science is wrong

.. this is NOT a sign of somebody who wants to learn. You have ALREADY made up your mind about this. So don't look as if you're the innocent party here.

Zz.
 
By the way, this argument comes up again and again, so I want to make this clear: the US constitutional right to free speech doesn't apply here, because this is a privately owned service. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason, just like any other privately owned establishment. Your argument is a red herring.

- Warren
 
ZapperZ said:
.. this is NOT a sign of somebody who wants to learn. You have ALREADY made up your mind about this. So don't look as if you're the innocent party here.

Zz.
Reminds me of something mentioned by Epictetus - "It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows". Or perhaps in this case, "it is impossible to learn if one thinks one already knows."
 
I want to thank those members who interacted with me a couple of years ago in two Optics Forum threads. They were @Drakkith, @hutchphd, @Gleb1964, and @KAHR-Alpha. I had something I wanted the scientific community to know and slipped a new idea in against the rules. Thank you also to @berkeman for suggesting paths to meet with academia. Anyway, I finally got a paper on the same matter as discussed in those forum threads, the fat lens model, got it peer-reviewed, and IJRAP...
About 20 years ago, in my mid-30s (and with a BA in economics and a master's in business), I started taking night classes in physics hoping to eventually earn the science degree I'd always wanted but never pursued. I found physics forums and used it to ask questions I was unable to get answered from my textbooks or class lectures. Unfortunately, work and life got in the way and I never got further the freshman courses. Well, here it is 20 years later. I'm in my mid-50s now, and in a...

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