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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 1, 2023 20:26:07 GMT
It's very simple really. The system is corrupt. I thought you might like to hear this from a British researcher. This chap is a research scientist in chemistry and he lists the common ways in which corruption in these institutions is rife. He lists them as nine distinct scams.
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Post by borchester on Jan 2, 2023 10:33:33 GMT
It's very simple really. The system is corrupt. I thought you might like to hear this from a British researcher. This chap is a research scientist in chemistry and he lists the common ways in which corruption in these institutions is rife. He lists them as nine distinct scams.
Chemistry?
Barely a science, more like advanced cookery.
The miserable wretch is lucky to have a job and won't have one as soon as they start using disposable test tubes and don't need him to wash up.
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 2, 2023 12:07:33 GMT
It's very simple really. The system is corrupt. I thought you might like to hear this from a British researcher. This chap is a research scientist in chemistry and he lists the common ways in which corruption in these institutions is rife. He lists them as nine distinct scams.
Chemistry?
Barely a science, more like advanced cookery.
The miserable wretch is lucky to have a job and won't have one as soon as they start using disposable test tubes and don't need him to wash up.
Are you some kind of dustman? Chemistry is one of the hard science, as distinct from what is called social science, e.g. 'political science'. If you think it is so easy I'll be testing your knowledge in due course. |
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Post by patman post on Jan 2, 2023 12:43:38 GMT
Chemistry is probably today's version of alchemy — pyrites and all that.
Physics is what should count more — but there's also the whole raft of Life Sciences, their applications and derived concepts...
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Jan 2, 2023 12:56:38 GMT
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting" Ernest Rutherford.
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Post by patman post on Jan 2, 2023 13:14:22 GMT
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting" Ernest Rutherford. The Baron would probably prefer to quote Margaret Rutherford... |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 2, 2023 14:56:14 GMT
Chemistry is probably today's version of alchemy — pyrites and all that. Physics is what should count more — but there's also the whole raft of Life Sciences, their applications and derived concepts... I only know because he mentioned he had written some paper on "nano technology" which is a posh name for chemistry. Chemistry is a collective word and can cover biochemistry too. See if you can work out the mathematics of protein folding. It really is a bit more than cookery. |
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Post by borchester on Jan 2, 2023 15:16:48 GMT
I only know because he mentioned he had written some paper on "nano technology" which is a posh name for chemistry. No it ain't.
A nano is 10^-9, which suggests that he wrote a very, very small paper
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 2, 2023 15:21:33 GMT
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting" Ernest Rutherford. I've got bad news for you. All physics is maths. |
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Post by borchester on Jan 2, 2023 15:24:10 GMT
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting" Ernest Rutherford. I've got bad news for you. All physics is maths. No, all physics is an attempt to turn all available knowledge into maths. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 2, 2023 15:24:49 GMT
I only know because he mentioned he had written some paper on "nano technology" which is a posh name for chemistry. No it ain't.
A nano is 10^-9, which suggests that he wrote a very, very small paper
Very small papers never get published. I reminded him of the 3/4 of a side of A4 which Peter Higgs submitted to a reputable journal. They rejected it, but the Nobel Prize committee accepted it. I bet the reviewers of that journal feel mightily dumb in retrospect. |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Jan 2, 2023 16:19:03 GMT
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting" Ernest Rutherford. I've got bad news for you. All physics is maths. I've got news for you: Everything is maths. |
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Post by patman post on Jan 2, 2023 17:41:40 GMT
I've got bad news for you. All physics is maths. I've got news for you: Everything is maths. Except for Americans — for them it’s math… |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 2, 2023 18:31:03 GMT
Chemistry is probably today's version of alchemy
I like that ..
Surgery is probably today’s version of butchery.
Botany is probably todays version of gardening .
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 2, 2023 23:47:12 GMT
Loads of comments in the comments section appear to be from those in academia. It does not look good in the sense the others are pretty much all in agreement with the OP. I've kind of known this for years, but having it all read out to you at least reassures me my feelings were not misjudged. I've seen papers with 20 or more names on. A lot of research papers are tedious and of low value.
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