Science Trips Over Its Own Feet (Politics)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 01:41 (5182 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

After being invited to speak at a conference, Nobel Prize winning physicist was dis-invited from speaking at, and even attending, the conference based on his interest in para-normal research.
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> From Josephson
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> Why so scared
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> My question is, why do you think mainstream science is so scared of paranormal research that they would shut out a Nobel Prize winner from attending a conference? And, do you think this is a case of science tripping over its own feet, or as the saying goes, cutting off its nose to spite its face?-The scientific method relies upon naturalism which makes an assertion "At best natural phenomenon cannot be discerned from supernatural phenomenon." While this can be interpreted in many ways, I see it as science sticking to what it is good at doing. (Science cannot work without an assumption of materialism.) -In terms to why he was barred, I can't agree with that decision. Who cares? It's not like he's rewriting quantum theory--reading the paper you referenced, he makes some claims that are impossible to test at this stage, but are mathematically valid. (For the parts I can understand, about half the paper.) -First, his assertion that he could solve an NP-complete problem in polynomial time is is essentially true; but it is already predicted by how quantum computing works in the first place. There is no need to refer to this guy's theorems for that. (I'm working on my Master's in Computer Science right now, if you wonder about my qualifications.) -As for "instant communications" the Chinese did it this year, NOT using the techniques he outlined in his paper. -http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2016687,00.html

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