On Jan 6, 12:04*am, wrote:
Art Unwin wrote:
Now physics forums have moderators with the power to ban questions
that challenge existing laws (waves) where as the questions and the
poster can be censored and banned.

Umm, no.

The moderated groups just don't want to be bothered by drooling crackpots
and raving mental patients.

If someone attempts to post something that has data and math to back up
a new idea, it will get posted.

If someone attempts to post a bunch of rambling nonsense, it won't.

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It depends on what they consider "nonsense". In my case they quoted
QED as being final, so I then tried to see what definition they had on
"waves" to see what the property they saw symbolized waves such as
helical waves, but they declined to discuss. Looking thru the web I
find that this is normal practice, tho they "may" know the answer they
prefer to take the tack as some do on this group "because I said so".
I can understand it from this group but from those who practice
physics I do not. Maybe this rejection of outsiders is why things are
in such a mess where they now even call other physicists "crackpots"
when they stray from the accepted line. Like this group, they demand
all, such as experimental results and mathematics but decline to do
the same in rebuttal believing they are above it. I imagine that this
must be the very case in present day colleges in the US and else ware!
I suppose we can call it just being human and turf protection.