[extropy-chat] An Open Letter to the Scientific Community.

[David]

Everitt Mickey wrote:

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> I personally never heard of none of them guys.....probably a bunch of 
> cranks....as are the institutions they represent...why...not a single 
> truck drivers school amongst the lot.....

 > Thomas Gold, Cornell University (emeritus) (USA)

You probably should have heard of this one.
He also had some rather unconventional theories about so-called "fossil 
fuels". (He claimed, and presented a fair bit of evidence, that 
petroleum deposits were actually primordial rather than fossil.)
He also died recently - 22 June 2004.



> We probably ought to dismiss what they say entirely....after all 
> everyone KNOWS the "Big Bang" can't be wrong..
> 
> 
> EvMick
> (sitting in south Georgia...waiting on a load Tuesday....bored to 
> tears.....I HATE Holidays)

Well, it's Tuesday now :)

-David