brucep:
I'll try to keep an eye on things for a while and see what I can do.
It just surprises me every bloody time!
James, take a step back my friend and let me just give you an insight into what is actually happening here at sciforums. Brucep complains about trolling, when in reality, he does it on a weekly basis in some sub-forum in the speculations section. Some borderline bullying even goes on in there, if one took a proper look at some of the posts.
That's just one thing I have noticed, this thread if made by anyone else, with a topic which challenged this issue at sciforums would be pounced on, by no less, brucep and origin. In the style of the cliques, I should be preforming a rant of my own how they are just whining little children and they need to grow tougher skin.
The coin changes when they think they have a valid argument; it's totally hypocritical and this post is the epitome of what I am talking about.
I don't contend that we should allow psuedoscience in the science forum, however, I think some circumstances one has to allow a sense of freedom. Not freedom to post anything you like, but based on the quality of the post, such as, does it have any math to back it up? Are there any resources, citations ect. which can support your claim, fringe or not? Fringe does not mean pseudoscience by default, it means that it could be an active area of research that ... hasn't yet been fully understood or recognized or stamped with the scientific consensus approval.
But despite all this, this thread just annoys me so much, considering if it was anyone whining about something, they'd be hung and quartered... verbally.