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Steven Jones doesn't have a PHD?

Sword_Of_Truth said:
I'm sure implosionworld would be willing to offer an apology and retraction.

If it's corrected by monday, I don't see him having much of a case at all.
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Implosionworld is entitled to be wrong without being malicious, though.

Questions:

a) are they wrong?
b) when was it published (looks like August 24 as far as I can tell - why on earth didn't any of us - me included - notice it sooner?)
c) what are the deadlines for complaining about errors in publication for purposes of libel in the U.S. and what are the corresponding deadlines for publishing a correction in order to negate or head off a libel action?
d) has Jones suffered any damages as a result of the publication?
e) is there any connection between all of this and BYU sending Jones out to pasture, at least temporarily?
f) does Jones actually have a PhD?
g) proof of f?
h) where's the popcorn?

This could get interesting.
 
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LashL said:
Implosionworld is entitled to be wrong without being malicious, though.

Questions:

a) are they wrong?
b) when was it published (looks like August 24 as far as I can tell - why on earth didn't any of us - me included - notice it sooner?)
c) what are the deadlines for complaining about errors in publication for purposes of libel in the U.S. and what are the corresponding deadlines for publishing a correction in order to negate or head off a libel action?
d) has Jones suffered any damages as a result of the publication?
e) is there any connection between all of this and BYU sending Jones out to pasture, at least temporarily?
f) does Jones actually have a PhD?
g) proof of f?
h) where's the popcorn?

This could get interesting.
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a) I suspect not. Jones's Wikipedia entry notes his PhD from Vandy, so they've got no real excuse for getting it wrong. In addition, it could also explain the suspension today.
b) I think we all missed it because we read it before the amendment was made. I was floored when I saw the blog post. We linked the article way back on August 9.

I think they've got him dead to rights; sure wish I'd seen this during the day when I could have called up; now it will probably have to wait until Monday.
 
I've never heard of Vanderbilt University. It sounds like somewhere where you'd buy PhDs. :)

Looking forward to hearing more. Cheers Brainster.
:popcorn1
 
Uh ooohhh...

I don't like the looks of this.

If Jones has been engaged in academic fraud over his credentials wich he ostensibly obtained legitimately from Vanderbilt, would it have something to do with the Chancellor of Vanderbilt?

"Gee was born and grew up in Vernal, Utah, 171 miles (275 km) southeast of Salt Lake City, to an oil company employee and a school teacher, both Mormon."
 
Search for exotic meson production in the baryon exchange reaction

Whoa! That's an impressive title! :eek:
 
Vanderbilt is a legitimate university, in Nashville Tennessee.

Unless someone has made a foolish mistake, the only explanation I can think of is that Jones expected to receive a Ph. D., but never did due to some technicality that nobody ever bothered to check.

I'm willing to give Jones the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. My criticisms of him have nothing to do with his credentials.
 
R.Mackey said:
I'm willing to give Jones the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. My criticisms of him have nothing to do with his credentials.
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exactly, weather Jones had 100 PhD's or no PhD, he's still wrong, and a crackpot, and a jerk.
 
Peephole said:
Anyone thought about emailing implosionworld?
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They're aware of it.
Comment by Debunk911 — September 9, 2006 at 3:23 pm
In the ImplosionWorld correction, Brent qualifies Jones not having a doctorate degree with the word “apparently”. I think maybe futher sources are needed to clarify more definitively one way or the other, as Jones’ C.V. states he earned a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 1978. I’ll keep looking for more sources and see if I can clarify this more.
http://www.debunk911myths.org/?p=12
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Speaking of his credentials, I noticed this on his revised paper (which he seems to have cleaned up to the point of representing a university report at least)...

By Dr. Steven E. Jones
Physicist and Archaeometrist

WTF is an Archaeometrist?

Oh, and you notice the 3rd set of peer reviews was organized by Kevin Ryan. So all of his supposed "peer reviews" are the sham reviews for the sham rag jo9/11s...

TAM
 
T.A.M. said:
Speaking of his credentials, I noticed this on his revised paper (which he seems to have cleaned up to the point of representing a university report at least)...

By Dr. Steven E. Jones
Physicist and Archaeometrist

WTF is an Archaeometrist?

TAM
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Someone who looks at old people's teeth.
 
the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
 
well then, everyone here, I officially dub all of you as

CYBERSKEPTOLOGISTS

your honorary degrees are in the mail...lol

TAM
 
It would look nice next to my Certificate of Ordination from the Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic.
 
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