Joy Christian wrote:***
Q-reeus, I don't agree with everything John Duffield is saying, but he is entitled to his views. And I agree with his view that quantum computing is "pie in the sky and jam tomorrow."![]()
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When I talk about GR, I refer to what Einstein said. Things like this from 1920:Q-reeus wrote:Joy you really should have done some basic checking before posting that link. John Duffield aka 'Physics Detective' is a crank especially well known for his 'visual' interpretation of GR.
JohnDuffield wrote:When I talk about GR, I refer to what Einstein said. Things like this from 1920:Q-reeus wrote:Joy you really should have done some basic checking before posting that link. John Duffield aka 'Physics Detective' is a crank especially well known for his 'visual' interpretation of GR.
“Second, this consequence shows that the law of the constancy of the speed of light no longer holds, according to the general theory of relativity, in spaces that have gravitational fields. As a simple geometric consideration shows, the curvature of light rays occurs only in spaces where the speed of light is spatially variable”.
That's because I've read the history. I've read the history of quantum mechanics too. And papers such as Hans Ohanian’s what is spin?. When you understand these things, you understand why quantum computing hasn't achieved anything in nearly forty years.
JohnDuffield wrote:You're sounding like Scott Aaaronson. You have nothing to do with me being here. I emailed Joy about his 2007 article Quantum Entanglement: is Spookiness under threat, and we got talking. The moot point is that when you know about electron spin, you know that Joy was right. And yet he received dreadful abuse for his pains. This was an injustice. How on Earth are academics like Scott Aaronson allowed to spray such obnoxious bile and remain in post?
As for how gravity works, you can't point out where it's wrong. If you think you can, please start a thread and do so. But please do so on another thread, and respect the OP. Ditto if you want to talk about neutrino spin.
JohnDuffield wrote:
How on Earth are academics like Scott Aaronson allowed to spray such obnoxious bile and remain in post?
This is not good. Unfortunately it appears to be endemic, albeit without quite so much bile. I've had people tell me they've been told "don't rock the boat or you'll never make full professor". I hear stories about people struggling to get a paper on the arXiv, or into a high-impact journal. So I'm afraid I also have my doubts about peer review, as per this cartoon by Nick Kim:Joy Christian wrote:The fault lies entirely with the physics community as a whole, especially with those holding professorial positions and positions of power. There is no accountability for abusive actions like those of Scott Aaronson and others. I wrote to the Provost of MIT when Aaronson was at MIT, but his office did nothing. Their reply to me was that what Aaronson does on his private blog does not amount to either scientific or professional misconduct. The administrators of FQXi, Max Tegmark and Anthony Aguirre, also sided with Aaronson and seemed to be grateful to him for his actions, which led to my resignation from FQXi. Even people like Harvey Brown and Samson Abramsky of my own college at Oxford University, Wolfson College, sided with Aaronson and acted against me, thereby condoning his abusive actions. The reason behind this is nothing but academic politics. Sadly, I have witnessed its dark underbelly from inside for many years.
Joy Christian wrote:JohnDuffield wrote:
How on Earth are academics like Scott Aaronson allowed to spray such obnoxious bile and remain in post?
The fault lies entirely with the physics community as a whole, especially with those holding professorial positions and positions of power. There is no accountability for abusive actions like those of Scott Aaronson and others. I wrote to the Provost of MIT when Aaronson was at MIT, but his office did nothing. Their reply to me was that what Aaronson does on his private blog does not amount to either scientific or professional misconduct. The administrators of FQXi, Max Tegmark and Anthony Aguirre, also sided with Aaronson and seemed to be grateful to him for his actions, which led to my resignation from FQXi. Even people like Harvey Brown and Samson Abramsky of my own college at Oxford University, Wolfson College, sided with Aaronson and acted against me, thereby condoning his abusive actions. The reason behind this is nothing but academic politics. Sadly, I have witnessed its dark underbelly from inside for many years.
minkwe wrote:Oops!
gill1109 wrote:
...my usually very wise friend Scott Aaronson ...
Joy Christian wrote:Joy Christian wrote:
I have written up a long-overdue refutation of Scott Aaronson's online critique of my local-realistic model:
Refutation of Scott Aaronson's Critique of my Disproof of Bell's Theorem
Fortunately, the Truth cannot be starved off so easily, and Aaronson has not succeeded in his goal.![]()
Heinera wrote:Scott Aaronson is heading the Quantum Complexity group at University of Texas at Austin. Not exactly a demotion. Plus they also tenured his wife. He has written about his transition on his blog.
JohnDuffield wrote:
How on Earth are academics like Scott Aaronson allowed to spray such obnoxious bile and remain in post?
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