In science, credibility arises from peer reviewed publications, not lawsuits and publicity. One's credentials in a field are accumulated slowly, by publishing original work in professional journals where it can be carefully examined and evaluated by other scientists. They then may cite your your work in their own publications. The number of publications you have, and the number of times they are cited, is a measure of your impact on a field. Universities use this information to decide tenure and promotion. and granting agencies use this to see if you have the background and skills to perform the research you propose.
A quick search of Science Citation Index, the major database of scientific publications across disciplines, yields 5 publications in referenced journals for Ball, T, University of Winnipeg. These date from 1983 to 1994. They were cited a total of 21 times in scientific papers in the last 24 years.
This is not an impressive publication record. Also, the low number of citations indicates Dr Ball's work has had little impact in the field.
Scientists are supposed to be skeptical. They are also supposed to subject their work to rigorous peer review. Instead, Dr Ball seems to have gone for the lawsuit and PR release model of scientific discourse. Like the previous poster, I'd call his story emotional noise and not good science.
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In science, credibility arises from peer reviewed publications, not lawsuits and publicity. One's credentials in a field are accumulated slowly, by publishing original work in professional journals where it can be carefully examined and evaluated by other scientists. They then may cite your your work in their own publications. The number of publications you have, and the number of times they are cited, is a measure of your impact on a field. Universities use this information to decide tenure and promotion. and granting agencies use this to see if you have the background and skills to perform the research you propose.
A quick search of Science Citation Index, the major database of scientific publications across disciplines, yields 5 publications in referenced journals for Ball, T, University of Winnipeg. These date from 1983 to 1994. They were cited a total of 21 times in scientific papers in the last 24 years.
This is not an impressive publication record. Also, the low number of citations indicates Dr Ball's work has had little impact in the field.
Scientists are supposed to be skeptical. They are also supposed to subject their work to rigorous peer review. Instead, Dr Ball seems to have gone for the lawsuit and PR release model of scientific discourse. Like the previous poster, I'd call his story emotional noise and not good science.