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- From: sawyer@utahep.uta.edu (Lee Sawyer)
- Subject: re: integrity of moderators
- Message-ID: <21JAN199315530164@utahep.uta.edu>
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- Organization: University of Texas at Arlington High Energy Physics Group
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:53:00 GMT
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- In article <C180ps.Drn@well.sf.ca.us>, sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti) writes...
- >
- >sci.physics has been an informal forum for all sorts of half-baked ideas,
- >jokes, brawls (flames) etc. Like Prince Hal I can play with Falstaff, or
- >even be Falstaff. But I have spend lot's of time in close observation of
- >really great physicists like Feynman, Bethe, Heisenberg, Salam etc.
- >So if you really want a high quality mderated conference your selection
- >of moderators is crucial. I fool around and play with outrageous ideas- but
- >I know what it means to be professional and fair when the occasion calls for
- >it - not the case with some of the present moderators who are not
- >"cultured".
-
- I think you have confused my deep seated fatigue with this discussion
- with a personal flame. I apologize for offending your professional
- sensibilities, and expect a similar apology from you for questioning my
- professional expertise. There is more to being "cultured" than high-tech
- name dropping.
-
- Friends and neighbors, I do not have time for this sort of nonsense.
- I enjoy reading this forum, and feel that a moderated group for
- research level discussions would a wonderful adjunct to it. (In fact,
- I am inclined to agree with Mr. Sarfatti's suggestion of separate theory
- and experimental newsgroups, if there is sufficient demand.) But I do
- have other things to do, and will step aside as a comoderator in an instant.
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- Lee Sawyer
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- Dept of Physics
- Univ. of Texas
- at Arlington
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