tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post4031699162579955961..comments2016-03-24T08:23:53.222-07:00Comments on Universe-Project: The Tragic State of Modern "Science"Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01230791277314505158noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-53307222591310738372012-11-28T06:46:03.424-08:002012-11-28T06:46:03.424-08:00Well then, welcome - and enjoy the trip!Well then, welcome - and enjoy the trip!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230791277314505158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-42217047329075182842012-11-26T06:07:12.821-08:002012-11-26T06:07:12.821-08:00Dear Eileen, thanks for your well considered and t...Dear Eileen, thanks for your well considered and timely response. This is one of those situations which don't necessarily work that well in a virtual space. Being a journalist and by nature fascinated by what makes people tick, I am more intrigued by why you think like you do than what it is that you think. Simply debating an issue in a public online space can seldom do justice to real inter-personal discussion which is mostly nurtured over coffee in a conversational space. So, short of bumping into you at the Carnegie Hall or in some wild African setting, I can seemingly best approach this interesting challenge by travelling around a little amongst your other blog entries....and see what surfaces. Meantime, keep the coffee pot warm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01661049348446342292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-84885968896173515352012-11-20T08:56:22.413-08:002012-11-20T08:56:22.413-08:00Andre,
I'm not sure what you want to know reg...Andre,<br /><br />I'm not sure what you want to know regarding the pre-Socratics. How my thesis relates to them is up to you, not me! <br /><br />As for the search for the Higgs-Bosun, I'm fascinated by the amount of energy and money dedicated to finding it...and have my doubts that what is being "found" is what they claim it is. Seems to me that when you go looking for unicorns with a mindless obsession, you're likely to spot its dung and traces of its footprints everywhere, even if you never spot an actual member of the species.<br /><br />Last but not least, my friend is not part of this discussion. He's welcome to comment if he chooses (he knows this blog is here) or not. I can't "make" him come out and play, nor would I want to. These are my thoughts, and could just as well have been the result of any number of conversations I've had over the years. <br /><br />Have a great day!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230791277314505158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-14230434201581504962012-11-20T01:41:47.255-08:002012-11-20T01:41:47.255-08:00...and, if I may, as a practicing investigative jo......and, if I may, as a practicing investigative journalist, suggest that it would bring some credibility to your case if you could get a response on your blog from your 'dear and intelligent' friend. Without at least this, your well intended and expressed ideas can not be taken seriously.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01661049348446342292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-82023166487555704522012-11-19T23:00:17.874-08:002012-11-19T23:00:17.874-08:00Thanks for this well and passionately written opin...Thanks for this well and passionately written opinion piece. There are some fundamental viewpoints that I would like to interrogate. In this regard may I ask how you relate your thesis to the following: (1) The pre-Socratics and their use of pure observation and (2) The search for the Higgs particle as motivated by complex mathematical prediction. Thanks for your interest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01661049348446342292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-58716826756414187792012-11-19T01:46:40.001-08:002012-11-19T01:46:40.001-08:00Phew! Thanks! I guess that puts paid to the HIGGS ...Phew! Thanks! I guess that puts paid to the HIGGS BOSUN. Pete won't be happy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01661049348446342292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-19522172175611510032012-11-15T12:38:57.823-08:002012-11-15T12:38:57.823-08:00Wonderful - go for it. I think Hilton's a geni...Wonderful - go for it. I think Hilton's a genius. Filming him should be great fun.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230791277314505158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-2570926714712221912012-11-15T08:35:14.151-08:002012-11-15T08:35:14.151-08:00Good stuff Eileen. Not that I know what even the b...Good stuff Eileen. Not that I know what even the bad stuff is....There is a new exotic French doctoral student at UKZN telling us in todays paper that light bends around Dark Matter, so it exists. Trying to set up a meeting with Hilton. Maybe film it? Should be fun!<br />Ian C-GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-79901001119749333142012-11-15T05:58:26.638-08:002012-11-15T05:58:26.638-08:00Thanks, Hilton. Your work has been inspirational t...Thanks, Hilton. Your work has been inspirational to my own way of thinking. I'm grateful for all your scientific and intellectual offerings. Let's hear it for the heretics, because today's heretics are ever tomorrow's geniuses!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230791277314505158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867770869531048977.post-73968927578895822542012-11-14T22:27:50.116-08:002012-11-14T22:27:50.116-08:00Great thinking, superbly expressed. Thank you, Eil...Great thinking, superbly expressed. Thank you, Eileen, please keep on truckin'!<br />best regards<br />HiltonHilton Ratcliffehttp://www.hiltonratcliffe.comnoreply@blogger.com