A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
By Carl Zimmer
The New York Times
April 16, 2012
In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
authors had doctored several papers.
Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
It was a new experience for him. “Prior to that time,” he
said in an interview, “Infection and Immunity had only
retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.”
The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori’s
misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
“Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,” said Dr.
Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
School of Medicine.
Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
just a manifestation of a much more profound problem — “a
symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,” as Dr.
Fang put it.
Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
of misconduct.
“This is a tremendous threat,” he said.
Continues at:
Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
"Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
<KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
telling others what and when to post, where to post and
where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
<u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
many years.
-Updated on February 2, 2012-
Jai Maharaj) wrote:
> A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> By Carl Zimmer
> The New York Times
> April 16, 2012
> In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> authors had doctored several papers.
> Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> It was a new experience for him. “Prior to that time,” he
> said in an interview, “Infection and Immunity had only
> retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.”
> The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori’s
> misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> “Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,” said Dr.
> Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> School of Medicine.
> Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> just a manifestation of a much more profound problem — “a
> symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,” as Dr.
> Fang put it.
> Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> of misconduct.
> “This is a tremendous threat,” he said.
> Continues at:
> Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> many years.
> -Updated on February 2, 2012-
The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupted
other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
Arindam Banerjee
> The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupted
> other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> Arindam Banerjee
Idiot, the article was about shenanigans in the bio/med science world. This is moneyed area of research and crap is likely to happen due to greed, insecurity, ... No nation on the planet is immune from a little dishonesty in science (yeah, even Indians do this kind of crap). However, the frequency is a lot less in better journals. Now, how does relate to physics, boy? You started riding your "einsteinian" hobby horse.
Go to http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com to get more "stuff" that seems to tickle your fancy. Any chance that you could do some full time honest research on your infernal phorce injuns and spare us your toxic posts?
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
-----
The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
> > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > By Carl Zimmer
> > The New York Times
> > April 16, 2012
> > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > authors had doctored several papers.
> > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > It was a new experience for him. =93Prior to that time,=94 he
> > said in an interview, =93Infection and Immunity had only
> > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=94
> > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=92s
> > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > =93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=94 said Dr.
> > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > School of Medicine.
> > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =97 =93a
> > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=94 as Dr.
> > Fang put it.
> > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > of misconduct.
> > =93This is a tremendous threat,=94 he said.
> > Continues at:
> > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > many years.
> > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupted
> other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> Arindam Banerjee
The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
into corrupt individuals.
Jai Maharaj) wrote:
> In article <dff8eb7f-11e3-40bb-8d44-c2dde0be7...@me1g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
> Arindam Banerjee <adda1...@bigpond.com> posted:
> > Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
> > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > The New York Times
> > > April 16, 2012
> > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > It was a new experience for him. =93Prior to that time,=94 he
> > > said in an interview, =93Infection and Immunity had only
> > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=94
> > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=92s
> > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > =93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=94 said Dr.
> > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > School of Medicine.
> > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =97 =93a
> > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=94 as Dr.
> > > Fang put it.
> > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > of misconduct.
> > > =93This is a tremendous threat,=94 he said.
> > > Continues at:
> > > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > many years.
> > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupted
> > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > Arindam Banerjee
> The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> into corrupt individuals.
True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. Writing and
talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is the
chief qualification for inclusion in
their clubs. Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the talents of
the keen and honest people who have to work for them. Now science is
big business as you
say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
Cheers,
Arindam Banerjee
> > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > The New York Times
> > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D93Prior to that time,=3D94 he
> > > > said in an interview, =3D93Infection and Immunity had only
> > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D94
> > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D92s
> > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > =3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D94 said Dr.
> > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D97 =3D93a
> > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D94 as Dr.
> > > > Fang put it.
> > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > of misconduct.
> > > > =3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D94 he said.
> > > > Continues at:
> > > > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > many years.
> > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupted
> > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > Arindam Banerjee
> > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > into corrupt individuals.
> > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > Om Shanti
> True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. Writing and
> talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is the
> chief qualification for inclusion in
> their clubs. Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the talents of
> the keen and honest people who have to work for them. Now science is
> big business as you
> say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> Cheers,
> Arindam Banerjee
They're like insatiable vultures, no?
The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
in a format that is easily understood.
> True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. Writing and
> talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is the
> chief qualification for inclusion in
> their clubs. Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the talents of
> the keen and honest people who have to work for them. Now science is
> big business as you
> say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> Cheers,
> Arindam Banerjee
Talking about parasites. Did you stop to think that your non-stop 24/7 paste for approval, adulation, admiration, ... makes _you_ a damned parasite of the highest order. There is nothing honest about you, pretentious creep.
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
-----
The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
Two meetings on separate days have already taken place
regarding 'Defend Arindam!' (working title) past week;
people are here from L.A. and they are having a good
time.
Jai Maharaj) wrote:
> Two meetings on separate days have already taken place
> regarding 'Defend Arindam!' (working title) past week;
> people are here from L.A. and they are having a good
> time.
Great! I do hope it become a huge box-office success!
> > > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > > The New York Times
> > > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D93Prior to that time,=3D94 he
> > > > > said in an interview, =3D93Infection and Immunity had only
> > > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D94
> > > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D92s
> > > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > > =3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D94 said Dr.
> > > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D97 =3D93a
> > > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D94 as Dr.
> > > > > Fang put it.
> > > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > > of misconduct.
> > > > > =3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D94 he said.
> > > > > Continues at:
> > > > > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > > o o o
> > > > > About the terrorist Goon Squad:
> > > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > > many years.
> > > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupted
> > > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > > into corrupt individuals.
> > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > Om Shanti
> > True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. Writing and
> > talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is the
> > chief qualification for inclusion in
> > their clubs. Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the talents of
> > the keen and honest people who have to work for them. Now science is
> > big business as you
> > say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> > Cheers,
> > Arindam Banerjee
> They're like insatiable vultures, no?
Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. They are
rarely found as they used to be.
Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
she was found. So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
in the animal world.
> The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
> scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
> owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
> in a format that is easily understood.
Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
rigour. This "rigour" is what
makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
In article <f8f7db32-0ff5-47e9-859c-dc0ae13a7...@r2g2000pbs.googlegroups.com>,
Arindam Banerjee <adda1...@bigpond.com> posted:
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> > Two meetings on separate days have already taken place
> > regarding 'Defend Arindam!' (working title) past week;
> > people are here from L.A. and they are having a good
> > time.
> > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > Om Shanti
> Great! I do hope it become a huge box-office success!
Yes! All indications are that they are prepared to set
aside their funds to make a decent/big budget movie.
> > > > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > > > The New York Times
> > > > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D3D93Prior to that time,=3D3D9=
> 4 he
> > > > > > said in an interview, =3D3D93Infection and Immunity had only
> > > > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D3D94
> > > > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D3D92s
> > > > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > > > =3D3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D3D94 said=
> Dr.
> > > > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D3D97 =3D3=
> D93a
> > > > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D3D94 as Dr.
> > > > > > Fang put it.
> > > > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > > > of misconduct.
> > > > > > =3D3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D3D94 he said.
> > > > > > Continues at:
> > > > > > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > > > o o o
> > > > > > About the terrorist Goon Squad:
> > > > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > > > many years.
> > > > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupt=
> ed
> > > > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > > > into corrupt individuals.
> > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > Om Shanti
> > > True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. =A0Writing and
> > > talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is the
> > > chief qualification for inclusion in
> > > their clubs. =A0Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the talents of
> > > the keen and honest people who have to work for them. =A0Now science is
> > > big business as you
> > > say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Arindam Banerjee
> > They're like insatiable vultures, no?
> Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
> Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. They are
> rarely found as they used to be.
> Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
> she was found. So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
> More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
> cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
> in the animal world.
> > The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
> > scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
> > owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
> > in a format that is easily understood.
> > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > Om Shanti
> Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
> their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
> rigour. This "rigour" is what
> makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
> Cheers,
> Arindam Banerjee
Well they can't be leeches because leeches actually pay their dues:
> > > > > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > > > > The New York Times
> > > > > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D3D93Prior to that time,=3D3D9=
> > 4 he
> > > > > > > said in an interview, =3D3D93Infection and Immunity had only
> > > > > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D3D94
> > > > > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D3D92s
> > > > > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > > > > =3D3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D3D94 said=
> > Dr.
> > > > > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D3D97 =3D3=
> > D93a
> > > > > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D3D94 as Dr.
> > > > > > > Fang put it.
> > > > > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > > > > of misconduct.
> > > > > > > =3D3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D3D94 he said.
> > > > > > > Continues at:
> > > > > > > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > > > > o o o
> > > > > > > About the terrorist Goon Squad:
> > > > > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > > > > many years.
> > > > > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > > > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupt=
> > ed
> > > > > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > > > > into corrupt individuals.
> > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. =A0Writing and
> > > > talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is the
> > > > chief qualification for inclusion in
> > > > their clubs. =A0Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the talents of
> > > > the keen and honest people who have to work for them. =A0Now science is
> > > > big business as you
> > > > say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > They're like insatiable vultures, no?
> > Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
> > Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. They are
> > rarely found as they used to be.
> > Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
> > she was found. So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
> > More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
> > cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
> > in the animal world.
> > > The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
> > > scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
> > > owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
> > > in a format that is easily understood.
> > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > Om Shanti
> > Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
> > their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
> > rigour. This "rigour" is what
> > makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
> > Cheers,
> > Arindam Banerjee
> Well they can't be leeches because leeches actually pay their dues:
<KalluMallu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/19/2012 12:09 AM,ArindamBanerjee wrote:
> > It is the other way around, Joshiji. My 84 year oldfatherhobbled
> > all overWriters'Buildingyesterday berating politicians for ignoring
> > the HTN, and for their callous
> > attitudes. He says that they seem to have some shame still left, and
> > they have promised to ask me to send them a DPR for which, of course,
> > I will charge nothing
> > on condition that it be sent to a proper engineering firm like MECON
> > for appraisal and implementation. Now, this is something for a son to
> > be proud about, what?
> > For long I have told him to desist, but did he listen? Evidently his
> > opinion of Indians is higher than mine is, but then, he has not dealt
> > with the usenet goon squads.
> > Cheers,
> >Arindam(bin Einstein ban Gandhi) Banerjee, greatest genius of all
> > time, sole god among lotsa devils.
Could it be that Adridum's father was qualified to be a Physics
Professor but saw more moolas in Police Service of WB, or Arindam has
got him interested to read his posts on Usenet.
> And you are really proud that you made your old man haul it all the way
> to Calcutta to beratebabus? What a pathetic loser.
> Since you and Lady Kaka already know how creative Indianbabuscan be,
> why not sell them on the idea of "invisible phorce injuns". These guys
> will scam the public exchequer and cut you a percentage of the take. Ask
> your other IITD alum, who has unloaded trucks on the Indian Army, for
> "bijness teeps".
> --
> VB, Ubetjotushy
> 'ome=shanty
> -----
> The Baboon Squad
> Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii,
> and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical
> Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves,
> hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them
> copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a
> "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery
> of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by
> Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit
> words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that
> Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad
> applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are
> copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or
> creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any
> discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to
> Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised
> hindquarters.
> Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
> Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. They are
> rarely found as they used to be.
> Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
> she was found. So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
Oh, in a hurry to express indebtedness to vultures, the great Hindu, divine being, and cosmic fraud forgot Jatayu and Sampati from the Ramayana. Valmiki's work did not lend itself to a stage production? Maybe these vultures, esp. Jatayu, were too old to help Sita from abduction by Ravana. Besides, Sampati tried something foolish like Icarus - drove the infernal phorce injun too hard and too close to the sun.
> More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
> cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
> in the animal world.
Hmmm, a leech would be an apt description of the evil Lady Kaka. 99% of her "discussion facilitators", as the cosmic fraud calls her posts, are leeched off someone or somewhere. Worse yet, the criminal mind doctors them too.
Cuckoo would be an apt description of you. Laying your super physics eggs in all sorts of newsgroups except sci.physics.
Looks like that leave the dhanyvaading Poochie the title of cane toad. This does not compute.
>> The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
>> scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
>> owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
>> in a format that is easily understood.
> Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
> their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
> rigour. This "rigour" is what
> makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
Ah, if you don't understand the material, then the work must be bullshit. Luverly! IBM Reasearch puts out a rather nice journal (http://www-tr.watson.ibm.com/journal/rdindex.html). Is this insufficient? Most corporations allow their employees to publish in the open literature. Is this corporate irresponsibility?
How about Arindumb getting his papers published via the legit route rather than whoring something on the internet? Interestingly enough, does the evil Lady Kaka who runs a "corporation" publish her research on the occult, cowdung, pigsticking, ... Per the vile piece of garbage that claims to be human, astrology is a "science" as much as is research in the myriad uses of cowdung. Lady Kaka solicits money for the same.
> Cheers,
> Arindam Banerjee
>> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
>> Om Shanti
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
-----
The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
> On Apr 24, 12:28 pm, use...@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr.
> Jai Maharaj) wrote:
>> Well they can't be leeches because leeches actually pay their dues:
Ah, finally Lady Kaka fessing up to being a leech. Nice! Dunno what dues this bitch is paying off.
> Okay, substitute that with tsetse flies, malaria or dengue
> mosquitoes, and other such animal life of whose reason is yet unknown.
Hmm, the Divine Being, supposedly focused on the "nobel truth" and dedicated to humanity (all the personal science/research is offered up, for free, on the internet) is now wandering to Kakastan - the land where people communicate (in a vedic manner) through copy-paste, and the land where firehydrants are hosed down regularly.
Are you done raving and ranting about einstein(ians), gandhi(ans), ...? Any chance that you'd actually review your "kookery books" and find that your "recipe" for infernal phorce injuns is flawed?
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
-----
The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
> On Apr 20, 4:55 am, "Myself Mallu, Yourself?"
> <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/19/2012 12:09 AM,ArindamBanerjee wrote:
>>> It is the other way around, Joshiji. My 84 year oldfatherhobbled
>>> all overWriters'Buildingyesterday berating politicians for ignoring
>>> the HTN, and for their callous
>>> attitudes. He says that they seem to have some shame still left, and
>>> they have promised to ask me to send them a DPR for which, of course,
>>> I will charge nothing
>>> on condition that it be sent to a proper engineering firm like MECON
>>> for appraisal and implementation. Now, this is something for a son to
>>> be proud about, what?
>>> For long I have told him to desist, but did he listen? Evidently his
>>> opinion of Indians is higher than mine is, but then, he has not dealt
>>> with the usenet goon squads.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Arindam(bin Einstein ban Gandhi) Banerjee, greatest genius of all
>>> time, sole god among lotsa devils.
> Could it be that Adridum's father was qualified to be a Physics
> Professor but saw more moolas in Police Service of WB, or Arindam has
> got him interested to read his posts on Usenet.
Nah! That is just fatherly love for the "epple" of his eye. Or maybe the old man got tired of handling bangdu's daily phone calls on the latest discoveries, and decided that the babus in Kolkata were better equipped to handle the hot-air generator.
Now that Didi is the CM of WB, and her "deevana devar" has graced the state and lobbied its babudom, will Kolkata return to its clean pristine state of the 1950s, when the streets were washed daily with water from the Hooghly? These days they might have to add a little phenyl to the water - transmission in WB is not limited to the gas phase.
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
-----
The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
> > > > > > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > > > > > The New York Times
> > > > > > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > > > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > > > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > > > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > > > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > > > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > > > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D3D3D93Prior to that time,=
> =3D3D3D9=3D
> > > 4 he
> > > > > > > > said in an interview, =3D3D3D93Infection and Immunity had onl=
> y
> > > > > > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D3D3D94
> > > > > > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > > > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > > > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > > > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D3D3D92s
> > > > > > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > > > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > > > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > > > > > =3D3D3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D3D3=
> D94 said=3D
> > > =A0Dr.
> > > > > > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > > > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > > > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > > > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > > > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > > > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > > > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > > > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > > > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D3D3D9=
> 7 =3D3D3=3D
> > > D93a
> > > > > > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D3D3D94 as Dr=
> ..
> > > > > > > > Fang put it.
> > > > > > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > > > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > > > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > > > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > > > > > of misconduct.
> > > > > > > > =3D3D3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D3D3D94 he said.
> > > > > > > > Continues at:
> > > > > > > > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Refo=
> rm
> > > > > > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > > > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > > > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > > > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > > > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > > > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > > > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > > > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > > > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > > > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > > > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > > > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > > > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > > > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > > > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > > > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > > > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > > > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > > > > > many years.
> > > > > > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > > > > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has cor=
> rupt=3D
> > > ed
> > > > > > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > > > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > > > > > into corrupt individuals.
> > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > > True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. =3DA0Writi=
> ng and
> > > > > talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is t=
> he
> > > > > chief qualification for inclusion in
> > > > > their clubs. =3DA0Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the tale=
> nts of
> > > > > the keen and honest people who have to work for them. =3DA0Now scie=
> nce is
> > > > > big business as you
> > > > > say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > They're like insatiable vultures, no?
> > > Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
> > > Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. =A0They are
> > > rarely found as they used to be.
> > > Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
> > > she was found. =A0So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
> > > More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
> > > cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
> > > in the animal world.
> > > > The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
> > > > scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
> > > > owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
> > > > in a format that is easily understood.
> > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > Om Shanti
> > > Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
> > > their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
> > > rigour. =A0This "rigour" is what
> > > makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Arindam Banerjee
> > Well they can't be leeches because leeches actually pay their dues:
> > > > > > > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > > > > > > The New York Times
> > > > > > > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > > > > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > > > > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > > > > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > > > > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > > > > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > > > > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D3D3D93Prior to that time,=
> > =3D3D3D9=3D
> > > > 4 he
> > > > > > > > > said in an interview, =3D3D3D93Infection and Immunity had onl=
> > y
> > > > > > > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D3D3D94
> > > > > > > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > > > > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > > > > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > > > > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D3D3D92s
> > > > > > > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > > > > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > > > > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > > > > > > =3D3D3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D3D3=
> > D94 said=3D
> > > > =A0Dr.
> > > > > > > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > > > > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > > > > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > > > > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > > > > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > > > > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > > > > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > > > > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > > > > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D3D3D9=
> > 7 =3D3D3=3D
> > > > D93a
> > > > > > > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D3D3D94 as Dr=
> > ..
> > > > > > > > > Fang put it.
> > > > > > > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > > > > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > > > > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > > > > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > > > > > > of misconduct.
> > > > > > > > > =3D3D3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D3D3D94 he said.
> > > > > > > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > > > > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > > > > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > > > > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > > > > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > > > > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > > > > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > > > > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > > > > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > > > > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > > > > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > > > > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > > > > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > > > > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > > > > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > > > > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > > > > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > > > > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > > > > > > many years.
> > > > > > > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > > > > > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has cor=
> > rupt=3D
> > > > ed
> > > > > > > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > > > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > > > > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > > > > > > into corrupt individuals.
> > > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > > > True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. =3DA0Writi=
> > ng and
> > > > > > talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is t=
> > he
> > > > > > chief qualification for inclusion in
> > > > > > their clubs. =3DA0Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the tale=
> > nts of
> > > > > > the keen and honest people who have to work for them. =3DA0Now scie=
> > nce is
> > > > > > big business as you
> > > > > > say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > > They're like insatiable vultures, no?
> > > > Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
> > > > Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. =A0They are
> > > > rarely found as they used to be.
> > > > Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
> > > > she was found. =A0So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
> > > > More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
> > > > cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
> > > > in the animal world.
> > > > > The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
> > > > > scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
> > > > > owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
> > > > > in a format that is easily understood.
> > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
> > > > their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
> > > > rigour. =A0This "rigour" is what
> > > > makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > Well they can't be leeches because leeches actually pay their dues:
> > Okay, substitute that with tsetse flies, malaria or dengue
> > mosquitoes, and other such animal life of whose reason is yet unknown.
> Don't hold back now!
Well, revising one's own work is really hard work. It is always prone
to small improvements and corrections, as it is difficult to spot the
little things someone else would
notice more easily.
> > > > > > > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > > > > > > The New York Times
> > > > > > > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > > > > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > > > > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > > > > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > > > > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > > > > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > > > > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D3D3D93Prior to that time,=
> > =3D3D3D9=3D
> > > > 4 he
> > > > > > > > > said in an interview, =3D3D3D93Infection and Immunity had onl=
> > y
> > > > > > > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D3D3D94
> > > > > > > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > > > > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > > > > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > > > > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D3D3D92s
> > > > > > > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > > > > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > > > > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > > > > > > =3D3D3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D3D3=
> > D94 said=3D
> > > > =A0Dr.
> > > > > > > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > > > > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > > > > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > > > > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > > > > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > > > > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > > > > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > > > > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > > > > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D3D3D9=
> > 7 =3D3D3=3D
> > > > D93a
> > > > > > > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D3D3D94 as Dr=
> > ..
> > > > > > > > > Fang put it.
> > > > > > > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > > > > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > > > > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > > > > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > > > > > > of misconduct.
> > > > > > > > > =3D3D3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D3D3D94 he said.
> > > > > > > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > > > > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > > > > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > > > > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > > > > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > > > > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > > > > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > > > > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > > > > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > > > > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > > > > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > > > > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > > > > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > > > > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > > > > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > > > > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > > > > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > > > > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > > > > > > many years.
> > > > > > > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > > > > > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has cor=
> > rupt=3D
> > > > ed
> > > > > > > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > > > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > > > > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > > > > > > into corrupt individuals.
> > > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > > > True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. =3DA0Writi=
> > ng and
> > > > > > talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is t=
> > he
> > > > > > chief qualification for inclusion in
> > > > > > their clubs. =3DA0Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the tale=
> > nts of
> > > > > > the keen and honest people who have to work for them. =3DA0Now scie=
> > nce is
> > > > > > big business as you
> > > > > > say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > > They're like insatiable vultures, no?
> > > > Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
> > > > Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. =A0They are
> > > > rarely found as they used to be.
> > > > Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
> > > > she was found. =A0So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
> > > > More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
> > > > cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
> > > > in the animal world.
> > > > > The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
> > > > > scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
> > > > > owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
> > > > > in a format that is easily understood.
> > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
> > > > their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
> > > > rigour. =A0This "rigour" is what
> > > > makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > Well they can't be leeches because leeches actually pay their dues:
> > Okay, substitute that with tsetse flies, malaria or dengue
> > mosquitoes, and other such animal life of whose reason is yet unknown.
> Don't hold back now!
> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> Om Shanti
Well, look what I got in my inbox!
Just 1.5 years ago I submitted a proposal for solar cell power for
Gujarat, best utilised through the HTN.
Looks like they have got at least half of it. Seems to me they will
distribute the power with the grid, though.
Cheers,
Arindam Banerjee
Canal solar power: Gujarat has attracted investments of Rs 9,000 crore
so far on solar energy projects.
Close on heels of commencing use of wastelands in northern districts
and rooftops in towns and cities, Gujarat is set to potentially use
the existing 19,000 km-long network of Narmada canals across the State
for setting up solar panels to generate power.
The Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, will inaugurate the first of a
series of this project, known as Canal Solar Power Project, when he
launches a 1 megawatt (mw) pilot project, which is already
commissioned, on Narmada branch canal near Chandrasan village of Kadi
taluka in Mehsana district on Tuesday.
Last week, he inaugurated a 600-MW solar power project spread across
11 districts. This included a 214MW Solar Power Park, the largest such
generation centre at a single location in Asia. Also, Azure Power,
leading independent power producer in solar sector, announced a 2.5 MW
rooftops project in Gandhinagar.
Gujarat, which invests nearly Rs 2,000 crore an year on renewable
energy, has attracted investments of Rs 9,000 crore so far on solar
energy projects.
The pilot project has been developed on a 750-m stretch of the canal
by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) with support from
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), which owns and maintains the
canal network.
Energy, water security
The pilot project will generate 16 lakh units of clean energy per
annum and also prevent evaporation of 90 lakh litres of water annually
from the canal, an official told Business Line here on Monday. The
concept will, therefore,
...
Jai Maharaj) wrote:
> In article <f8f7db32-0ff5-47e9-859c-dc0ae13a7...@r2g2000pbs.googlegroups.com>,
> Arindam Banerjee <adda1...@bigpond.com> posted:
> > Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> > > Two meetings on separate days have already taken place
> > > regarding 'Defend Arindam!' (working title) past week;
> > > people are here from L.A. and they are having a good
> > > time.
> > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > Om Shanti
> > Great! I do hope it become a huge box-office success!
> Yes! All indications are that they are prepared to set
> aside their funds to make a decent/big budget movie.
> > > > > > > > A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > > > By Carl Zimmer
> > > > > > > > The New York Times
> > > > > > > > April 16, 2012
> > > > > > > > In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an
> > > > > > > > unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of
> > > > > > > > the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his
> > > > > > > > authors had doctored several papers.
> > > > > > > > Multimedia: A Rise in Retractions
> > > > > > > > It was a new experience for him. =3D3D93Prior to that time,=3D3D9=
> > > 4 he
> > > > > > > > said in an interview, =3D3D93Infection and Immunity had only
> > > > > > > > retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.=3D3D94
> > > > > > > > The journal wound up retracting six of the papers from
> > > > > > > > the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus
> > > > > > > > in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and
> > > > > > > > Immunity was hardly the only victim of Dr. Mori=3D3D92s
> > > > > > > > misconduct. Since then, other scientific journals have
> > > > > > > > retracted two dozen of his papers, according to the
> > > > > > > > watchdog blog Retraction Watch.
> > > > > > > > =3D3D93Nobody had noticed the whole thing was rotten,=3D3D94 said=
> > > Dr.
> > > > > > > > Fang, who is a professor at the University of Washington
> > > > > > > > School of Medicine.
> > > > > > > > Dr. Fang became curious how far the rot extended. To find
> > > > > > > > out, he teamed up with a fellow editor at the journal,
> > > > > > > > Dr. Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of
> > > > > > > > Medicine in New York. And before long they reached a
> > > > > > > > troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were
> > > > > > > > rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were
> > > > > > > > just a manifestation of a much more profound problem =3D3D97 =3D3=
> > > D93a
> > > > > > > > symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate,=3D3D94 as Dr.
> > > > > > > > Fang put it.
> > > > > > > > Dr. Casadevall, now editor in chief of the journal mBio,
> > > > > > > > said he feared that science had turned into a winner-
> > > > > > > > take-all game with perverse incentives that lead
> > > > > > > > scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts
> > > > > > > > of misconduct.
> > > > > > > > =3D3D93This is a tremendous threat,=3D3D94 he said.
> > > > > > > > Continues at:
> > > > > > > > Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform
> > > > > > > > "Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
> > > > > > > > <KalluMallu...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
> > > > > > > > telling others what and when to post, where to post and
> > > > > > > > where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
> > > > > > > > others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
> > > > > > > > fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
> > > > > > > > lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
> > > > > > > > <u...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
> > > > > > > > is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
> > > > > > > > heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
> > > > > > > > Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <josh...@gmail.com> who
> > > > > > > > displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
> > > > > > > > the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > > > The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
> > > > > > > > through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
> > > > > > > > else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
> > > > > > > > favorite now is "fanab...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
> > > > > > > > and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
> > > > > > > > from "fana...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
> > > > > > > > many years.
> > > > > > > > -Updated on February 2, 2012-
> > > > > > > The terrific success of the lying twisting einsteinians has corrupt=
> > > ed
> > > > > > > other disciplines, with very bad results for all.
> > > > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > > > The greed for money and power has turned many scientists
> > > > > > into corrupt individuals.
> > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > Om Shanti
> > > > > True, and they dominate like so many Madoffs, CEOs, etc. =A0Writing and
> > > > > talking mumbo-jumbo in styles incomprehensible to lay persons, is the
> > > > > chief qualification for inclusion in
> > > > > their clubs. =A0Like so many parasites, they thrive upon the talents of
> > > > > the keen and honest people who have to work for them. =A0Now science is
> > > > > big business as you
> > > > > say, not a vocation or a hobby as it used to be.
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > > They're like insatiable vultures, no?
> > > Vultures look ugly, but they are very useful and dear birds.
> > > Unfortunately their population is decreasing in India. They are
> > > rarely found as they used to be.
> > > Our ancestress Shakuntala as a baby was guarded by their wings, till
> > > she was found. So we Hindus owe vultures a deep debt.
> > > More appropriate expressions for them would be leeches, cane toads,
> > > cuckoos (they don't build nests, lay eggs in the nests of other birds)
> > > in the animal world.
> > > > The money for it comes mainly from lay persons therefore
> > > > scientific knowledge needs to be made available to its
> > > > owners, the taxpayers and shareholders of corporations,
> > > > in a format that is easily understood.
> > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > Om Shanti
> > > Of course. However that is the last thing these guys will do. Unless
> > > their work is incomprehensible, they will say it does not have
> > > rigour. This "rigour" is what
> > > makes bullshit pass for the most high wisdom.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Arindam Banerjee
> > Well they can't be leeches because leeches actually pay their dues:
> Okay, substitute that with tsetse flies, malaria or dengue
> mosquitoes, and other such animal life of whose reason is yet unknown.
I mean, reason for existence, or raison d'etre.
But, with some smartness, we can use these negative things for our own
use.
For instance, the imported cane toad killed lots of Australian fauna.
Animals that ate this poisonous creature, died.
But, recently some Australian birds have found out a way to deal with
cane toads.
They turn them upside down, slit open the belly and enjoy the flesh,
thus leaving out the poisonous parts!
Now, who taught them that???
Nature has its own way of dealing with pests, local or imported. The
cane toads were a menace, but now thanks to this new learning by
Australian birds, under control.
There is a lesson here, applicable to the goon squad.
Cheers,
Arindam Banerjee.
> On Apr 24, 12:23 pm, use...@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr.
> Jai Maharaj) wrote:
>> Yes! All indications are that they are prepared to set
>> aside their funds to make a decent/big budget movie.
> Wow!
Cool! Tres cool! Lady Kaka made Arindumdum drool at the prospect of $$ (Uncle Sam's greenbacks are prized possessions, but not Uncle Sam's politics and country. With "friends" like this, does Uncle Sam need enemies?). Does anyone know of _any_ movie that Lady Kaka has produced, directed, written, ... Anyone? If there is a name-dropping fraud that tops them all, it has to be the ancient old prune Lady Kaka.
What will really interesting is which of these frauds, Lady Kaka and Arindumb, is really going to pull a fast one over the other. Did the "jyotishit" predict her own prosperity to go after Arindumb's money?
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
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The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
> Well, revising one's own work is really hard work. It is always prone
> to small improvements and corrections, as it is difficult to spot the
> little things someone else would
> notice more easily.
Yeah, little things like 'k' in the 'magic formula' are really difficult to spot.
Hey, you can use your IFE in Lady Kaka's 'movie'. One line from Python's "Meaning of Life" will come in handy - "Ah! I see you've got a machine that goes 'ping!' ".
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
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The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
> Well, look what I got in my inbox!
> Just 1.5 years ago I submitted a proposal for solar cell power for
> Gujarat, best utilised through the HTN.
> Looks like they have got at least half of it. Seems to me they will
> distribute the power with the grid, though.
> Cheers,
> Arindam Banerjee
Okay, so you got a Gujarat government brag sheet. So what? Now are you going to claim credit for what people have been saying for a lot longer than 1.5 years? Kinda ranks up there with the Arindumb's paper making search engines reality. Why stop there? Claim credit for everything from the steam engine to nanotechnology. You're one delusional puppy. Seek a vet for your mental state.
-- VB, Ubetjotushy
'ome=shanty
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The Baboon Squad
Dr. Muckeraj, aka Lady Kaka, aka Kakadevi, aka The Old Cow of Hawaii, and her faithful monkey, Fanabba, aka Poochie, are rabid evangelical Christians. The Baboon Squad, as Kakadevi and Pooch call themselves, hates Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, and the US too, which makes them copy-paste trash 24/7. The transgender idiot, Kakadevi, claims to be a "scholar" of Sanskrit, but hasn't demonstrated any knowledge or mastery of it. However, there is plenty of evidence of attempts made by Macaulay's monkey to "doctor" original articles to pidginize Sanskrit words, perhaps to send Sanskrit into the gutter. The "doctorate" that Kakadevi claims to have is likely for copy-paste research on the myriad applications of cowdung. Other than some stock phrases that are copy-pasted regularly, the Cosmic Baboon has shown no originality or creativity, nor has the monkey contributed anything of value to any discussion. Macaulay's other monkey, who, apart from saying "ditto" to Kaka's caca, has no other skills than spraying fire hydrants with raised hindquarters.
