Posted: Oct 29, 2011 5:05 pm
hi DOV... yes i remember this on the cover of new scientist about 10 years ago. I think they called it the cyclic universe concept. I need to dig it out.
However we are in a new age now where scientists as a group are in a last gasp desperate struggle to try and make old models fit, basically because that represents their life, consciousness, career meaning etc all tied up into one, and are desperate to make it consistent with a pile of old stuff that makes many go bleary and teary eyed with nostalgia. e.g.
In psychology the period before a depression and open mindedness to new ideas is preceded by an intense and cognitively violent struggle where nothing new is listened to. Anybody who has suffered rage before a depression will understand that process. This is what is happening in astrophysics and some other sciences right now, although not in bio, nanotech and computational sciences.
For now dont expect an easy ride against a mass consciousness that is in the middle of this struggle (especially here). They want it complicated and messed up, as this provides a smokescreen to get a buy some extra time amongst other things. It also creates lots of jobs
People ask for evidence, and complete models which is not reasonable because evidence and very good models today requires accesses to massive resources (teams and equipment) which are being hogged by the people trying to make the old ideas work.
Best thing is just keep refining the work to the best degree possible and try to have it journal encoded if territorial claim is important. Find colleagues with strengths where you have weaknesses and write papers together, badger for grants. Eventually whatever is right will be taken in.
However we are in a new age now where scientists as a group are in a last gasp desperate struggle to try and make old models fit, basically because that represents their life, consciousness, career meaning etc all tied up into one, and are desperate to make it consistent with a pile of old stuff that makes many go bleary and teary eyed with nostalgia. e.g.
In psychology the period before a depression and open mindedness to new ideas is preceded by an intense and cognitively violent struggle where nothing new is listened to. Anybody who has suffered rage before a depression will understand that process. This is what is happening in astrophysics and some other sciences right now, although not in bio, nanotech and computational sciences.
For now dont expect an easy ride against a mass consciousness that is in the middle of this struggle (especially here). They want it complicated and messed up, as this provides a smokescreen to get a buy some extra time amongst other things. It also creates lots of jobs
People ask for evidence, and complete models which is not reasonable because evidence and very good models today requires accesses to massive resources (teams and equipment) which are being hogged by the people trying to make the old ideas work. Best thing is just keep refining the work to the best degree possible and try to have it journal encoded if territorial claim is important. Find colleagues with strengths where you have weaknesses and write papers together, badger for grants. Eventually whatever is right will be taken in.