Any Trekkies out there notice the linkage between episode 68 and the Raelian cult ?
I find it 'interesting' that Rael - a former French journalist named Claude Vorilhon, got started in '73 and a Star Trek episode called the Wink of an Eye came out in '68 ?
This guy may be creative - but at least he could pick a name that wasn't ripped out of a Star Trek rerun (probably on TV the night he was 'visited' while napping after having sipped Raelian Tea).
Some sectors of the hard sciences are already free to the public. literature is already available at http://lanl.arxiv.org/
I use it to do all my theoretical work (as a scientist wannabe). The risk / reward of public vs. academician researching publications is not so much in the cost of publications - as it is the perception of credibility. Peer reviewed trade journals filter out the pubic cranks / crackpots (and maybe even some with valid ideas).
The.edu affiliated scientists need to publish or perish - whereas the public is free to think 'outside the box' of prior work supporting your tenured boss...
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I find it 'interesting' that Rael - a former French journalist named Claude Vorilhon, got started in '73 and a Star Trek episode called the Wink of an Eye came out in '68 ?
This guy may be creative - but at least he could pick a name that wasn't ripped out of a Star Trek rerun (probably on TV the night he was 'visited' while napping after having sipped Raelian Tea).
Some sectors of the hard sciences are already free to the public. literature is already available at http://lanl.arxiv.org/ I use it to do all my theoretical work (as a scientist wannabe). The risk / reward of public vs. academician researching publications is not so much in the cost of publications - as it is the perception of credibility. Peer reviewed trade journals filter out the pubic cranks / crackpots (and maybe even some with valid ideas). The .edu affiliated scientists need to publish or perish - whereas the public is free to think 'outside the box' of prior work supporting your tenured boss...