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Quote of the Day
"If you can't explain it, define it" - Peter Marquardt
It's like a family...
It's like a family reunion. If you've never been to an NPA conference, you’ve missed the joy of connecting with the very heart of dissidence, the comrodary of the family of alternative science, the 'aha' experience of meeting people known only through the website... the frustration from STILL not convincing anyone of your views.
After a morning of arrivals, renewed friendships, and a few obligatory technical difficulties, Dr. Domina Spencer welcomed everybody to Storrs, assuring all that this was not her farewell address.
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This first speaker, Pal Asija put his money where his mouth is by offering a $1000 challenge on each of 20 different topics. Recognizing dissidents as ants compared with the elephants of mainstream, Asija proposed a debate with anyone on any of these topics. Walter Babin followed with a critique of logical methods, in keeping with Monday's theme, the Development of Science. With praise for Occam's Razor, Bernard Feldman rounded out the first session with his list of "Razors", simple common-sense notions in conflict with mainstream science.
After an all-too-short break, the marathon began with Peter Marquardt's attempt to climb several "molehills". Declaring himself the "slowpoke" of the NPA, Marquardt believes the mountain of physical understanding is best apprehended by conquering molehills such as kinematics, reference frame, and existence itself. After an rather heated exchange in German with Marquardt, Martin Muller added to his already formidable list of errors in mainstream science, this time focusing his attack on Hubble's Doppler interpretation of redshift.
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Emphasizing the need to separate data from interpretation, Richard Moody shared many sordid details of Eddington's famous expedition during the 1919 eclipse that lead to the acceptance of general relativity. Henry Linder criticized relativity and subjectivism in favor of an aetheric cosmos and objectivism. With her characteristic vivacity, Dr. Spencer spoke for a spontaneous 10 minutes in praise of relative motion, with scorn for Lindner's aether.
With a spirited and undeniably controversial presentation on reference-frame-independent dynamics, Greg Volk challenged everyone on topics of motion, finite versus infinite space, and total time derivatives. Exhausted but ready for more, a unique group of scientists departed to battle for their own ideas over dinner.
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