[geocentrism] A valid suggestion or not.
- From: "philip madsen" <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 06:34:24 +1000
And a Question Regner may find time or material to answer..It being
astronomical..
Some long time ago I brought up on this list or its predecessor, the following
suggestion.
There is a deep space probe, its name escapes me for the moment, that is moving
out of the solar system but which still reports back to earth.
I stated that as the earth moves around the sun, it should be closer to this
probe at one part of this annual orbit, than at others.
This would mean that time delay between commands sent and the reply would vary
with the seasons. Also as the speed and direction relationship between the
earth and the probe varied, so should doppler effect variation be noticed
My question , is this a valid suggestion and is there any record of these
effects.. Such might stop our geocentric debate one way or the other..
Philip.
----- Original Message -----
From: Neville Jones
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:01 AM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Interesting Quote
Thanks, Regner, you are a credit to the forum.
It is disappointing that Robert Bennett won't return, but he has his reasons
(one of which being that I am busy chopping up bits of the Bible, I suspect).
Could I ask you to provide us all with a brief summary of where we are, in
our group discussion, with regard to the Michelson-Morley experiment, please?
Neville.
-----Original Message-----
From: art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 08 May 2008 10:59:26 +1000
Neville Jones wrote:
Yes, I agree, they are well-made points.
Thank you, Neville.
I would just like to paint a slightly less rosy picture as regards the
second point, however.
I don't know about Australia, but certainly in Britain, 'successful'
climbing up the promotion ladder in academia means getting one's name on as
many published papers as possible.
That is the sad case in most places. And mind you, the "climbing up the
promotion ladder"
for most scientists, is not about getting a fatter salary, or more prestige
and fame.
It is more about getting a job (anywhere in the world will do), that lasts
for more than a couple
of years - or if you have one of those already, being able to secure a
grant that will allow you
to keep a post doc fed for another year. Most young astronomers (at least)
find themselves
bumming around the world for 1-3 year post doc. positions for a decade or
two - and that is
not nearly as romantic as it might sound to some.
I thought the rosy picture of life as a researcher, that seems prevalent
in this forum, needed
a little reality check... Mind you, I am still not complaining about the
life I have chosen.
I love what I am doing - but I am not doing it for the money or the
job-security.
This invariably leads to producing work that only falls within the ruling
paradigm of the field.
That is not quite true. The review process is unchanged and is based on
merit.
If the paper in question is controversial the review process can involve
many
iterations back and forth, but in the end, if the authors can successfully
defend
their paper, it will get published.
I would also contend that it leads to reduced quality of individual
contribution.
That I absolutely agree with. It also leads to major works being chopped
into little bits
and published one bit at a time, which is rather annoying.
Furthermore, to dare to attempt to publish non-mainstream work can have
catastrophic consequences to one's career, as was the case with Dr. Halton Arp,
as Martin pointed out, and as to which I was disappointed to learn that Regner
has no particular empathy with.
It wasn't that I have no empathy - it was more the case that this is a
while back,
doesn't stand to be changed now, and that I need to publish a couple of
papers
this year, in order to be able to get another job next year - It is for
those reasons
that I would consider it a waste of time.
But if you need a few more comments on this, here are some general ones:
1) He is still publishing in all the major astronomical journals. This
means he
is NOT barred from the astronomical community because of "wrong" views!
2) Access to a (major) telescope is only through an application procedure.
If your project ranks lower than other projects, as judged by the time
allocation committee, you won't get time at the telescope. All
astronomers
face that hurdle, and most major telescopes are heavily over-booked.
- Regner
Neville.
P.S. Bernie, I bet the author of the original quote you sent in was a
Scot.
-----Original Message-----
From: paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:29:21 +0000 (GMT)
Regner T
This post has all the attributes one could wish for in a statement --
accurate, economical, eloquent, honest and sufficient.
I am impressed.
Paul D
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