Talk:Relativistic dynamics

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Contents 1 Reply 2 Anon edits 3 Caution advised 4 Students beware 5 Ice pop (talk · contribs) has modified talk page posts

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This article presents historically accurate material that has been published in refereed journals. It minimizes discussion of research results in accordance with Wikipedia guidelines. The list of reference has been included to help guide the interested reader. The Wikipedia article provides a succinct historical account of the development of relativistic dynamics. The material presented in this article, as well as other scientific articles, should be read with a degree of scepticism.

The International Association for Relativistic Dynamics (IARD) is an open society that encourages qualified scientists to present their ideas, even though some people may view the ideas as fringe science. It is hoped that some of these ideas, when subjected to public scrutiny at IARD conferences and in published proceedings, will be refined and eventually contribute to our accumulation of knowledge. Other ideas may simply disappear. The public scrutiny of ideas and supporting data are an essential part of the scientific method. IARD proceedings have been published in the refereed jounal called the Foundations of Physics.

Texas06 17:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anon edits

24.8.212.6 (talk · contribs) aka the hsd1.co.comcast.net anon; geoloc. near Lakewood, CO

[edit] Caution advised

I don't have time to sort through this myself, but I noticed that this article links to an organization previously unknown to me, International Association for Relativistic Dynamics, whose standing committee includes at least two persons whose research appears to constitute fringe science:

• Ronald L. Mallett, who is allegedly trying to construct a human portable time machine,
• Ruggero M. Santilli, creator of Hadronic mechanics (apparently a cranky theory), founder of the cranky journal Hadronic Journal, and founder INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH, who apparently says about himself at this site:
  • Santilli is the sole scientist in history who was capable of discovering a series of structural generalizations of pre-existing mathematics based on generalized units and products, and then apply them to a series of structural generalizations of physics, superconductivity, chemistry, biology, astrophysics and cosmology.

This raises the concern that this article may represent cranky ideas dressed up as sound science.---CH 02:17, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Students beware

I had been half-heartedly monitoring this for bad edits, without attempting to correct what I view as vios of WP:NPOV-WP:RS, but I am leaving the WP and am now abandoning this article to its fate.

I think the previous section should make clear why I think that at least some future versions are likely to provide slanted information, misinformation, or disinformation.

Good luck to all students in your search for information, regardless!---CH 03:20, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ice pop (talk · contribs) has modified talk page posts

The above user has modified posts by Hillman (talk · contribs) on this page. I have since restored his original posts. Furthermore, Ice pop has removed the cleanup tag on the article, which I have also restored. --Masud 04:51, 17 September 2006 (UTC)