Well, until he does, that's why he deserves No New Investigation.
The claim that I haven't responded to Jim Hoffman's silly response is complete nonsense. That response is in the version 2.1 edition of the whitepaper itself, and has been for something like three years now.
This also is an iron-clad example of a broken promise from him.
It's not hard to read.
ETA: For sake of completeness, v. 2.1 of my whitepaper, including response to Jim Hoffman, was completed on 24 May 2008. I'm unaware of any substantial criticism of it since then, hence there is no v. 2.2. There is also this thread here at the JREF discussing Hoffman's complaints more or less as they appeared. So, over three years ago.
Ya might want to actually read it, Mr. Gage.
Well, until he does, that's why he deserves No New Investigation.
The claim that I haven't responded to Jim Hoffman's silly response is complete nonsense. That response is in the version 2.1 edition of the whitepaper itself, and has been for something like three years now.
This also is an iron-clad example of a broken promise from him.
It's not hard to read.
ETA: For sake of completeness, v. 2.1 of my whitepaper, including response to Jim Hoffman, was completed on 24 May 2008. I'm unaware of any substantial criticism of it since then, hence there is no v. 2.2. There is also this thread here at the JREF discussing Hoffman's complaints more or less as they appeared. So, over three years ago.
Ya might want to actually read it, Mr. Gage.
Actually, I'll be passing it under my students to illustrate how conspiracist facts aren't actually facts. (I use conspiracy theories to teach research and fact checking to my college freshmen.)
Hey, all. Bob-the-Interviewer here. A few points:
1) EDX: The conference was in the First Iconium Baptist Church.
2) Ryan, I appreciate your white paper. A nice bridge between technical information and a perhaps non-technical audience. I read it out loud to the orphans every Christmas.
3) Hopefully, I will be able to publish a much longer version of my print (pending) article online at Skeptical Inquirer. I went out for drinks with a lot of the people afterward and interviewed them--none of that made the cut, so we are pulling a King Solomon, merrily whacking my baby in half. Nobody here will be surprised by a lot of what was said, I don't think, but it was quite an eye-opener for me.
4) If you want to see about my visit to the TruthCon (called, "All they want is the truth"), it is up at the CSI/SI website under "special articles," which is better, I guess, than being in the " 'special' articles" section.
RJB
Consider this a JREF exclusive.
Wow! That really makes me sad that I got my engineering degree from a Marianist run university. I'f I'd have gone to a Jesuit school, I could have learned all the anti-gravity secrets!Thanks, Dave! Before you know it, I'll have an avatar and everything.
If you read the TruthCon article, I had to cut out the part where I wrote to the Jesuits. I actually followed up with them in an email, which I post below:
The Jesuits have remained disturbingly, perhaps tellingly, silent on this matter. Coincidence? Read the book!
Bob
