Neville, thanks for sending Dr. Goldberg,s article. It is good to hear from our Jewish friends. percival --- "Dr. Neville Jones" <ntj005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I strongly recommend that you all read the article > that Amnon has drawn our attention to > > http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/TZV65vid.htm > The scientific mafiosi rule, okay. There is no doubt > about that. > > > > Amnon Goldberg <yerushabel3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > An interesting article "Persecution in the name of > science" from the > Orthodox Jewish newspaper "Yated Ne'eman" > http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/TZV65vid.htm > The handling of Richard Sternberg by the scientific > establishment > has been mild compared to some of his predecessors. > > > > There exists an academic and media mafiosi which > attempts to > discourage, suppress, ostracise, threaten, and > demote individuals > who even start to show an interest in "heterodox > ideas". > > > > Organised pressure groups, chicanery, sharp > practice, and jealous > histrionics abound in the "altruistic" Scientific > Establishment, all > geared to prevent and discredit any research and > experimentation > that threatens the establishment "status quo" or is > against > "informed opinion", especially in the area of > today's three "sacred > cows" of Evolution, Relativity and Heliocentricity. > > > > Any doubters or nay-sayers are lambasted with > epithets like "dupe", > "heresy", "shameful", "disgraceful", > "pseudo-scientific fanaticism", > "fog of nonsense", "red herrings", "shallow", > "starry-eyed > fundamentalism", "extreme", "lack of balance, > "dogmatic", "bigoted", > "hysterical", "far fetched", "ignorant", "of no help > to anyone", > "height of presumption". > > > > When even President Reagan in 1984 dared to express > his doubts in > the theory of evolution, public questions were > raised as to his sanity! > > > > Researchers like Immanuel Velikovsky > (catastrophist), Halton Arp > (anti-Big Bang), Stefan Marinov (anti-Relativist), > Pons and > Fleischmann (cold fusion), Robert Gentry (pleochroic > haloes), > Richard Milton (anti-evolution), Barry Setterfield > (decrease in > speed of light), Eric Braithwate (free energy), > Walter van der Kamp > (geocentrist) etc., have been shown to have strong > cases, or even to > be substantially correct. Yet they were all > initially greeted with > epithets like "stupid", "drivel", "loony", "harmless > fruitcake", "in > need of psychiatric help" etc., and conspiratorial > attempts at the > highest levels were made to silence them, ban their > publications, > restrict their access to laboratories, deny them > telescope time etc. > in blatant disrespect of the pursuit of novel human > knowledge. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even > more fun! > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com