"Art Unwin" wrote in message
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Many of us have checked the net for the latest advances in antennas.
Advances are usually arrived at public university research units some
of which are partially funded by outside sources Most, if not all,
the results are presented to the IEEE as a way of getting recognision.
But this information such as advancement in science is not provided to
the public even tho they came from a public institution. Thus you
cannot access it on the net as a member of the public as access is
with held UNLESS
you hand over some money to the IEEE. Why are the universites not
sharing their work with the public?
Is it because academics feel they are part of a special club divorced
from the public? Ofcourse I may be wrong
in taking that view in light of the fact that these study results are
available in libraries but why are they not put on the web for the
good of science and the general public at large?
Art

Why is it that the general public rejects anything beyond sound bites and
clever slogans?
Why is it that some experts completely reject mainstream thought and even go
so far as to present their own paradigm complete with their own private
semantics and definitions. Not many actually learned the Klingon language,
although many were accustomed to hearing it on TV. Like Psychology and
Philosophy where every major school of thought had it's own paradigm,
language, definitions and required intimate study as if it were a cult unto
itself. The end result was many led astray by loony professors who had
dreamed everything up in their heads and sought to prove it by changing all
the rules. Even Charley Manson still has his followers. Oh to be sure
there had to be some element that rang true - some brain prick of insight to
trigger the euphoria to forge ahead. But nearly all found their theories
held true only for a few specimens they held under their own microscope.

What's your point, Art? Are you looking for a grant to start your own
school of Philosophy?

Why don't you get a web presence where you can put your lab notes, math and
drawings. You can copyright them unless they belong to someone else.