Posted: Mar 09, 2011 11:24 am
I initially wanted to ask specifically about a "theory" that I stumbled across on the internet, but now I realize that it is not alone.
After having looked at the page http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Grand_Unified_Theories I can see that there are a lot of "theories" out there.
I will take the one "theory" I stumbled across as an example, but I am sure that it is not the only one with similar problems.
So the "theory" in question is the "Spacetime model" in the above list mentioned as "Continuation of Einstein's work" proposed by Jacky Jerome http://www.spacetime-model.com.
I started to read through this and thought "wow he is really on to something here", naturally I continued to look for information on this and started googling only to find that almost all the hits I got was for pages identical to his homepage. Even on the list of theories linked to above the text about this theory is a direct copy from one of Jerome's own pages.
How much I try I can't seem to find anyone (but Jerome himself) commenting or even mentioning this theory.
So since I have little knowledge about how the world of physicists behave my question is this:
How am I as a layman supposed to know how what to think about "theories" like this, I have no problem smelling something fishy about Jerome's theory, but I don't understand what I am smelling.
In this case I can think of a couple of answers:
1. The theory in question is completely wrong in every possible way and not even worth mentioning by anyone, the reason I keep stumbling on it is because Mr. Jerome is creating lots of webpages (or directing lots of domains to his one page) trying to make it look important.
2. The theory is so completely mind numbing for the world of physicists that they try to make it disappear by keeping silent.
3. No one dares to comment on these kinds of theories as it would destroy their reputation in some way.
4. The world of physicists is really never interested in the work of other physicists and simply never remarks on any other theory than the one they believe in.
I would be glad to get at least some responses on the thoughts posted here, and would be overjoyed if someone would give any comment at all on the Jerome theory in specific.
After having looked at the page http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Grand_Unified_Theories I can see that there are a lot of "theories" out there.
I will take the one "theory" I stumbled across as an example, but I am sure that it is not the only one with similar problems.
So the "theory" in question is the "Spacetime model" in the above list mentioned as "Continuation of Einstein's work" proposed by Jacky Jerome http://www.spacetime-model.com.
I started to read through this and thought "wow he is really on to something here", naturally I continued to look for information on this and started googling only to find that almost all the hits I got was for pages identical to his homepage. Even on the list of theories linked to above the text about this theory is a direct copy from one of Jerome's own pages.
How much I try I can't seem to find anyone (but Jerome himself) commenting or even mentioning this theory.
So since I have little knowledge about how the world of physicists behave my question is this:
How am I as a layman supposed to know how what to think about "theories" like this, I have no problem smelling something fishy about Jerome's theory, but I don't understand what I am smelling.
In this case I can think of a couple of answers:
1. The theory in question is completely wrong in every possible way and not even worth mentioning by anyone, the reason I keep stumbling on it is because Mr. Jerome is creating lots of webpages (or directing lots of domains to his one page) trying to make it look important.
2. The theory is so completely mind numbing for the world of physicists that they try to make it disappear by keeping silent.
3. No one dares to comment on these kinds of theories as it would destroy their reputation in some way.
4. The world of physicists is really never interested in the work of other physicists and simply never remarks on any other theory than the one they believe in.
I would be glad to get at least some responses on the thoughts posted here, and would be overjoyed if someone would give any comment at all on the Jerome theory in specific.