Scott Sommers
Illuminator
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NiceGuy, I don`t know how old you are or what you do for a living. There are people here who publish these kinds of papers for a living. I am one of them. In our minds, some of what are referred to as peer-reviewed journals are actually no good at all. Publishing in them has no meaning at all. It has the same meaning as putting your paper up on the Internet. For example, the Journal of 9/11 Studies has no status at all. Publishing in it has the same meaning as putting a paper up on your blog - perhaps even less.
Even results published in respectable venues are sometimes ignored completely. The fact is that some scientists are not very good at doing research. Their results can be duplicated by others and skilled scientists can tell this by looking at the research. Work like this may still find its way into a quality venue and work published outside these venues may still be good.
The fact is that Steven Jones has found nothing at all. He would not be publishing his results this way if he had good data that could stand up. He would have sent it to a highly respected journal like the ones listed by Thompson International.
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/
He could even present his findings at a professional conference attended by other similar scientists who could ask him questions directly.
Neither Steven Jones nor any of his `scholars` have done anything like this - in years. The only conclusion is that they can`t. Instead, they use the popular press, the Internet, they talk with lay groups. Face it, instead of having Dr. XXXX who has discussed the thermite bombs with Jones at a conference and can explain their physics to us, we are forced to deal with you. Why can`t we talk with Dow Chemical chemists who make thermite for the US military? Sure, they`re all in on it, I know. But the reality is they`ve probably never heard of Jones` work because he only talks about it with you guys and publishes it in a journal that`s not very important.
And finally, no one here is surprised at Jones doing it this way - I mean announcing scientific results through non-academic means. He has already been involved in one of the biggest scientific frauds in modern history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion
Even results published in respectable venues are sometimes ignored completely. The fact is that some scientists are not very good at doing research. Their results can be duplicated by others and skilled scientists can tell this by looking at the research. Work like this may still find its way into a quality venue and work published outside these venues may still be good.
The fact is that Steven Jones has found nothing at all. He would not be publishing his results this way if he had good data that could stand up. He would have sent it to a highly respected journal like the ones listed by Thompson International.
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/
He could even present his findings at a professional conference attended by other similar scientists who could ask him questions directly.
Neither Steven Jones nor any of his `scholars` have done anything like this - in years. The only conclusion is that they can`t. Instead, they use the popular press, the Internet, they talk with lay groups. Face it, instead of having Dr. XXXX who has discussed the thermite bombs with Jones at a conference and can explain their physics to us, we are forced to deal with you. Why can`t we talk with Dow Chemical chemists who make thermite for the US military? Sure, they`re all in on it, I know. But the reality is they`ve probably never heard of Jones` work because he only talks about it with you guys and publishes it in a journal that`s not very important.
And finally, no one here is surprised at Jones doing it this way - I mean announcing scientific results through non-academic means. He has already been involved in one of the biggest scientific frauds in modern history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion
