Discussion of the intrascientific war over inflation
"All of which is … great. Great because yay, science! But also “great” because it raises the question of how the hell you,
the vicariously scientific public, are supposed to decide which pill to swallow."
I forget the most illustrious person to say this of medicine but the same applies for physics. "There is no 'alternative' medicine. There is only medicine that works and medicine that does not."
Sometimes attributed to: Richard Dawkins (2003) A Devil's Chaplain.
MY " There is only medicine that works and medicine that does not"
The problem lies in the limited evidence of 'works '
Today the UK is looking to put most men over 60 on statins...based on their data of 'works'.
"They" ( with the blessing of Bigpharma) have limited data for the mainstream population but seek to apply it to the mainstream
https://www.ft.com/content/fe9…21-11e7-a3e8-60495fe6ca71.
The problem with data is that it all costs money and time... and unfortunately LENR,
unlike medicine, is not funded by the taxpayer
You raise the issue of whether or not a proposed treatment works. What has that to do with what I wrote? Sure it can be difficult to know what works and what doesn't. But you have to use the scientific method to find out. That means reliable and replicable experiments and usually but not always at least some idea about the relevant theory. If it matters, and I think it's irrelevant to my statement, medical research in the US is not funded exclusively by government. A good deal of it (you can look up the proportions if you wish) is paid for from charitable gifts and foundations and from private industry. I agree the government, at least in the US, is pretty well done with LENR research which still leaves you foundations and private individuals and companies. But someone has to convince them that it is a good way to spend money. Debauches, farces, and fiascoes like the recent one with Rossi and IH are hardly a way to do that.
MY "
debauches
Perhaps one of the streams of modern physics indulges in the scientific method to study debauches..
But I couldn't find one report with that keyword among the thousands of LENR reports at
No debauches here. no a scientific method either..
no progress for three decades
... but agree to disagree ...and diversify to find the right answer
Lee Smolin
Quoteverb
3rd person present: debauches
- 1. destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.
What Rossi and Defkalion did to LENR research
MY:
Quoteverb
3rd person present: debauches :destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt:What Rossi and Defkalion did to LENR research
Wow Maryyugo = the Marywhitehouse of LENR research.. yet another persona
More diverse opinions about mainstream physics
Sheldrake on the Electric Universe
