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The EU concept is fraudulent bullshit being promoted by several people as real science to the general public. They don't really know any physics or mathematics to speak of. They have all the usual trappings of crackpot scientists.
The EU concept is fraudulent bullshit being promoted by several people as real science to the general public. They don't really know any physics or mathematics to speak of. They have all the usual trappings of crackpot scientists.
I quit for several reasons. One, they could no longer pay me. And two, they're just amateurs. And I was tired of working with amateurs. They're bozos.
I quit for several reasons. One, they could no longer pay me. And two, they're just amateurs. And I was tired of working with amateurs. They're bozos.
It all began with Velikovsky. I read Worlds in Collision in 1960 and thought it was a great yarn, but any implied physics was wrong.
It all began with Velikovsky. I read Worlds in Collision in 1960 and thought it was a great yarn, but any implied physics was wrong.
The prejudging scorn and closing of ranks against the heretic showed typical guild animus. In recent years, however, evidence collected during the geophysical year and by several space probes has tended to verify several of Velikovsky's predictions.
The prejudging scorn and closing of ranks against the heretic showed typical guild animus. In recent years, however, evidence collected during the geophysical year and by several space probes has tended to verify several of Velikovsky's predictions.
For instance, he had said in the face of strong disagreement that because of her recent birth, Venus is extremely hot, a view subsequently borne out by observations of Mariner 2. He was accused of inventing an interplanetary magnetic field, but one has been detected since then by Pioneer 5. He claimed in 1950 that the ancient civilizations of Central America were much older than believed.
For instance, he had said in the face of strong disagreement that because of her recent birth, Venus is extremely hot, a view subsequently borne out by observations of Mariner 2. He was accused of inventing an interplanetary magnetic field, but one has been detected since then by Pioneer 5. He claimed in 1950 that the ancient civilizations of Central America were much older than believed.
Recently, this view too has been proved by radiocarbon dating.
Recently, this view too has been proved by radiocarbon dating.
Laterally was the scientific press copying at him, and in a way that was violent.
Laterally was the scientific press copying at him, and in a way that was violent.
not in terms of an orderly discussion that this idea is yet to be tested and it takes more time and etc but saying this idea is crazy and any man who has such an idea is mad insane that kind of thing but the establishment through which men who think that way make a living the academic establishment was saying to this man you know you're not saying
not in terms of an orderly discussion that this idea is yet to be tested and it takes more time and etc but saying this idea is crazy and any man who has such an idea is mad insane that kind of thing but the establishment through which men who think that way make a living the academic establishment was saying to this man you know you're not saying
The book, Worlds in Collision then, merely the first of the books, had been on the top of the bestseller list for something like 11 weeks. And nonetheless, the publisher was so mortally wounded, is the only word,
The book, Worlds in Collision then, merely the first of the books, had been on the top of the bestseller list for something like 11 weeks. And nonetheless, the publisher was so mortally wounded, is the only word,
By the turning away of salesmen from the doors of professors' studies and all of the implications that went with this, that the book was transferred to another publisher which was willing to take it over, which, after all, is a fairly extraordinary thing.
By the turning away of salesmen from the doors of professors' studies and all of the implications that went with this, that the book was transferred to another publisher which was willing to take it over, which, after all, is a fairly extraordinary thing.