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Originally Posted by sjastro
Here is another example by a certain Miles Mathis who is idolized by many in the EU community for his stance on mathematics. He has produced different "interpretations" of mathematics including such breathtaking titles such as "the Calculus is corrupt" (obviously corrupt is a favorite word in his vocabulary).
Is Miles Mathis his real name? I read three paragraphs of his "The Calculus is corrupt" article and gave up. I have a low tolerance level to pure drivel. 
Anyway here is his "Physics is corrupt" article.
http://milesmathis.com/phycor.html
There are some real gems with regards to conspiracy theories.
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Steven |
You know, I might get torched by you guys for this, but amongst his rant, embedded within a mire of conspiracy theory etc, there is something which resonates with credibility. (This may be the 'lure' tactic, however).
For example, mainstream asserts: "there are too many cranks out there to review all their papers" ... I can see that ... I wouldn't want to have to read through all of them ... and then some honest scientist comes along and strikes a reviewer at a time when he's snowed under with multiple, complex reviews to complete ... resources are limited and he gets thrown into the 'rubbish bin', along with all the other cranks.
I mentioned to Carl that I've seen Susskind telling the story about how his first string theory paper was rejected ... and he went home and got drunk.
I keep coming back to balance. Nothing is perfect, including peer-review.
We have seen from words that I copied from the viXra site, the other day, that the 'Alternativists' are looking for ways to 'sneak' thru the peer review cracks by appealing to disgruntled reviewers. This would seem to be a strategy to gain endorsement from the process which would also lead to diminished quality of mainstream published 'science'.
Physics might become corrupt, if it isn't already !
Some Italian scientist may succeed in bypassing peer support by using 'Social Networking' .. blogs gain widespread support ... so do Amateur Science Forums ... the list goes on ..
Cheers