http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/wittens-authority/ Transfer scientific authority to people Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/wittens-authority/#comment-12746 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:04:17 +0000 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/wittens-authority/#comment-12746 [...] After writing to Perimeter Institute and Templeton Foundation here’s my proposal to National Science Foundation. In this case I am emphasizing experimental focus of Freedom of Science. Ninety per cent1 of Doctors of Philosophy licensed to practice research physics2 are paid by NSF. For instance, NSF paid Ed Witten to write about Magic, Mystery and Matrix. We don’t deal here with Magic or Mystery or puns so there will be no prospect of getting funds from NSF in that department of physical studies. Nevertheless it may be a good idea to ask Carl Brannen who sends occasional dispatches from the future about the prospects of Freedom of Science vis-a-vis funding by NSF. [...] […] After writing to Perimeter Institute and Templeton Foundation here’s my proposal to National Science Foundation. In this case I am emphasizing experimental focus of Freedom of Science. Ninety per cent1 of Doctors of Philosophy licensed to practice research physics2 are paid by NSF. For instance, NSF paid Ed Witten to write about Magic, Mystery and Matrix. We don’t deal here with Magic or Mystery or puns so there will be no prospect of getting funds from NSF in that department of physical studies. Nevertheless it may be a good idea to ask Carl Brannen who sends occasional dispatches from the future about the prospects of Freedom of Science vis-a-vis funding by NSF. […]

]]> http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/wittens-authority/#comment-7766 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:35:29 +0000 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/wittens-authority/#comment-7766 [...] When a string theorist publishes a commentary and links it to Witten, Witten’s Scholastic PageRank and therefore his authority increase. That’s why writing commentary, a vehicle whose sole purpose is to create links,3 has been, and still is, the main activity of scholastic doctors of philosophy. [...] […] When a string theorist publishes a commentary and links it to Witten, Witten’s Scholastic PageRank and therefore his authority increase. That’s why writing commentary, a vehicle whose sole purpose is to create links,3 has been, and still is, the main activity of scholastic doctors of philosophy. […]

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