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OKIsItJustMe

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6. Right. That was my reaction too
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 04:42 PM
Jan 2012

However, in theory at least, a couple of “peers” looked at it and said, “Sounds good to me!”

file under 'W' for 'woo' phantom power Jan 2012 #1
I hear you… OKIsItJustMe Jan 2012 #2
Actually, 'woo' isn't quite right... phantom power Jan 2012 #4
Right. That was my reaction too OKIsItJustMe Jan 2012 #6
Hey, it worked for Sokal. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2012 #11
This has been around for years Warpy Jan 2012 #3
No, it's nothing like that muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #9
Do you mean that any research in this area is 'woo'? Ghost Dog Jan 2012 #7
Have you looked at the report? Jim__ Jan 2012 #10
Yeah, anyone bringing up thermodynamics when questioning evolution has forgotten the sun exists. nt Posteritatis Jan 2012 #13
Let's take a bunch of known phenomena and label them with new terms we've made up ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #5
That's how it works tama Jan 2012 #23
No, that is not how it works. Science is not a mere labeling convention. xocet Jan 2012 #25
Perhaps not a mere tama Jan 2012 #27
'Gyre' is reminiscent of Cartesian 'vortices' n/t 4dog Jan 2012 #8
The headline and excerpt alone put the crackpot index into the triple digits... Posteritatis Jan 2012 #12
Complete and utter woo. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #14
Twas bryllyg: "The vicissitudinous gyre, though non-mathematical, epitomizes nature." xocet Jan 2012 #15
No mathematical representation given tama Jan 2012 #24
The paper contains no empirical evidence of anything and offers nothing with any predictive power. xocet Jan 2012 #26
Same is being said about string theories. tama Jan 2012 #28
"This paper is most certainly the result of an incredibly intense acid trip." Jim__ Jan 2012 #16
At the end of metafilter, someone has noticed the press release (OP link) has been pulled muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #18
Temporal lobe epilepsy brainboy Jan 2012 #17
Even the Discovery Institute is taking the piss out of this muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #19
Junk science GeorgeGist Jan 2012 #20
I wonder if it is a hoax? OKIsItJustMe Jan 2012 #21
It does not look like that is the case... xocet Jan 2012 #22
Locking. It's been fun, but time to close the file on this one. eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #29
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