some do publish, but then some are intimidated into
not publishing and some are punished for publishing
something that is "out of the mainsteam." academia has
less free speech than any other sector of american
society. i'd be supprised if it is not more like that
in great britian than you'd care to admit, but, that
is not a knowlege statement, just a hunch.

--- Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Wednesday 07 Sep 2005 00:44, ken barber wrote:
> > oh, there is one more thing. there are quite a few
> > academic types here that are pretty much censored
> by
> > the establishment when they present an opposing
> view.
> > that always couses flags in my mind. if you got an
> > opposing view that you consider foolish, you let
> itgo
> > public and let the public draw the opinion that it
> is
> > foolish, but, if you censor it, then it is
> obviously
> > going to make us ostriches wonder just why you are
> > afraid of the opposing view.
> >
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> Sorry Ken, I don't undestand this.
>
> I thought "academic types" published "results" in
> academic journals, the
> public (who would probably here of it through the
> general media, rather than
> the original report) may well think it foolish. It
> would no matter a jot to
> the author, his concern is that his peers accept his
> results and hopefully
> reproduce them.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>





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