http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/fine-physics/ Transfer scientific authority to people Fri, 16 May 2008 20:43:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/fine-physics/#comment-21141 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:43 +0000 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/fine-physics/#comment-21141 [...] Not Even Wrong points to a paper by the string theorist Moataz Emam that asks the question So what will you do if string theory is wrong? As an answer he suggests that physics may divest itself from string theory and create a new academic department equidistant from physics and mathematics. I believe that my proposal put forth in this comment quoted below, is even better for all parties concerned: Divide physics into physics and fine physics. Maybe something that I wrote in an earlier post can be useful here. I propose to divide physics into two distinct academic divisions: physics and fine physics. In fine physics, as in fine art, there will not be a requirement to conform to a standard of evidence. Already string theorists use fine art concepts such as elegance and beauty as fundamental concepts of string theory. [...] […] Not Even Wrong points to a paper by the string theorist Moataz Emam that asks the question So what will you do if string theory is wrong? As an answer he suggests that physics may divest itself from string theory and create a new academic department equidistant from physics and mathematics. I believe that my proposal put forth in this comment quoted below, is even better for all parties concerned: Divide physics into physics and fine physics. Maybe something that I wrote in an earlier post can be useful here. I propose to divide physics into two distinct academic divisions: physics and fine physics. In fine physics, as in fine art, there will not be a requirement to conform to a standard of evidence. Already string theorists use fine art concepts such as elegance and beauty as fundamental concepts of string theory. […]

]]> http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/fine-physics/#comment-12749 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:07:08 +0000 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/fine-physics/#comment-12749 [...] Then, how come true physicists do not take action and do something about separating physics into True Physics and Fine Physics where Witten and his disciples can build toy universes and play with them in their own scholastic sandbox? The reason is that physics is an unregulated professional industry. In an unregulated professional industry the practitioners have absolute authority to define whatever they want as true definition in their field. This is the state of physics today. Yes. This means physics is done by authority. What is called physics today is alphysics. [...] […] Then, how come true physicists do not take action and do something about separating physics into True Physics and Fine Physics where Witten and his disciples can build toy universes and play with them in their own scholastic sandbox? The reason is that physics is an unregulated professional industry. In an unregulated professional industry the practitioners have absolute authority to define whatever they want as true definition in their field. This is the state of physics today. Yes. This means physics is done by authority. What is called physics today is alphysics. […]

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