Admin1: Self is happiest when in room temperature.
Dr. Gravytee: A Doctor of Alphysicist is happiest when in absolute temperature.
A1: Why are you so fond of the absolute.
Dr. G: Absolute is proportional to authority.
A1: The more you are for the self the more you eliminate things which are not related to self, such as money and consumer items. Comfort and ownership of consumer items remove self from room temperature.
Dr. G: Look not for what you can eliminate but look for what you can add. Eliminating the superfluous decorations eliminate contextual meaning. In scholasticism words are not constants but variables. More variable, more authority.
A1: Variables vary with the context.
Dr. G: Authority defines the context. Circular reasoning is a circular fence keeping outsiders outside insiders inside. Scholasticism is a closed system. Only an Alphysicist can de-contextualize an Alphysics paper.
Showing posts with label Authority. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Authority. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Knowledge and Sharing
Admin1: Knowledge multiplies by sharing.
Dr. Gravytee: Sharing happens when what is shared is legible to both parties.
A1: What is the purpose of publishing a paper if not sharing?
Dr. G: Publishing an academic alphysics paper is not sharing. Alphysicists publish first and foremost to earn academic points and then to hide any information they may know. Alphysicists hide information in order to monetize it. The currency of scholasticism is authority.
A1: The currency of scholasticism is not knowledge!
Dr. G: What is monetized by alphysicists is authority not knowledge. That's why sharing is anathema to physicists. Note that an alphysicist will freely share with you what is already in public domain. But then you can google that.
A1: What is the purpose of Alphysics?
Dr. G: Shooting a paper at an innocent bystander is academic sniperism not sharing. No one gains from academic sniperism except the academic who gains a few academic points.
Dr. Gravytee: Sharing happens when what is shared is legible to both parties.
A1: What is the purpose of publishing a paper if not sharing?
Dr. G: Publishing an academic alphysics paper is not sharing. Alphysicists publish first and foremost to earn academic points and then to hide any information they may know. Alphysicists hide information in order to monetize it. The currency of scholasticism is authority.
A1: The currency of scholasticism is not knowledge!
Dr. G: What is monetized by alphysicists is authority not knowledge. That's why sharing is anathema to physicists. Note that an alphysicist will freely share with you what is already in public domain. But then you can google that.
A1: What is the purpose of Alphysics?
Dr. G: Shooting a paper at an innocent bystander is academic sniperism not sharing. No one gains from academic sniperism except the academic who gains a few academic points.
Monday, January 08, 2007
God and Mathematics
Admin1: Where does mathematics end and algorithm start?
Dr. Gravytee: Mathematics is owned. Algorithm is not.
A1: There are algorithms which are owned.
Dr. G: Owners of algorithms always call them mathematics.
A1: Mathematics is the scholastic baroque decorations on an algorithm.
Dr. G: Mathematics is like art. Mathematics is what a mathematician does.
A1: That goes for Alphysics too.
Dr. G: The importance of mathematics lies in the fact that we use it as authority.
A1: Mathematics is an authority much like God.
Dr. G: Our brother Doctors of Theology use the word God as their final authority. We the Doctors of Alphysics use Mathematics as our authority. Many people who have no fear of God are horrified by mathematics. They are our constituency.
Dr. Gravytee: Mathematics is owned. Algorithm is not.
A1: There are algorithms which are owned.
Dr. G: Owners of algorithms always call them mathematics.
A1: Mathematics is the scholastic baroque decorations on an algorithm.
Dr. G: Mathematics is like art. Mathematics is what a mathematician does.
A1: That goes for Alphysics too.
Dr. G: The importance of mathematics lies in the fact that we use it as authority.
A1: Mathematics is an authority much like God.
Dr. G: Our brother Doctors of Theology use the word God as their final authority. We the Doctors of Alphysics use Mathematics as our authority. Many people who have no fear of God are horrified by mathematics. They are our constituency.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Fools genius
Admin1: Shaman #2 Doctor Randall is optimistic that "people will value truth over truthiness."
Dr. Gravity: Like people will value science over science flavored junk marketed by Doctor Randall.
A1: Doctor Randall declares people will no longer defer "to questionable authorities or visual media."
Dr. G: I believe something must have gotten lost in the transcription. She probably said "people will stop deferring to questionable authorities of the visual media."
A1: Doctor Randall is the most famous questionable authority of the visual media. How funny.
Dr. G: Fools genius like Randall are marketed by the Big Media to sell books. It would have been funny if it weren't so tragic.
Dr. Gravity: Like people will value science over science flavored junk marketed by Doctor Randall.
A1: Doctor Randall declares people will no longer defer "to questionable authorities or visual media."
Dr. G: I believe something must have gotten lost in the transcription. She probably said "people will stop deferring to questionable authorities of the visual media."
A1: Doctor Randall is the most famous questionable authority of the visual media. How funny.
Dr. G: Fools genius like Randall are marketed by the Big Media to sell books. It would have been funny if it weren't so tragic.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Never Simplify, Popularize
Admin1: Why do Doctors of Alphysics always popularize but never simplify?
Dr. Gravytee: If we simplify an equation we would get either an identity or a proportionality. If we popularize we may get a book contract.
A1: If you simplify you lose all your authority. If your equation is publicly legible your authority is not needed.
Dr. G: A Doctor of Alphysics has infinite authority.
A1: Infinite authority?
Dr. G: Yes. No force in the universe can revoke our license called the PhD which endows us with authority.
Dr. Gravytee: If we simplify an equation we would get either an identity or a proportionality. If we popularize we may get a book contract.
A1: If you simplify you lose all your authority. If your equation is publicly legible your authority is not needed.
Dr. G: A Doctor of Alphysics has infinite authority.
A1: Infinite authority?
Dr. G: Yes. No force in the universe can revoke our license called the PhD which endows us with authority.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Newton's Wig
Admin1: An authority symbol always becomes fodder for jokes for the next generation.
Dr. Gravytee: The word Newton has been a synonym for genius and science since eternity.
A1: Why was he wearing a wig?
Dr. G: That was cool at the time.
A1: You are saying that if the brand is set up professionally and maintained well and updated carefully the symbols of authority will never become jokes.
Dr. G: Newton is backed up by the most sophisticated marketing department in the world.
A1: Newton's contemporaries from Holland used elaborate lace collars as authority symbols.
Dr. G: More likely as status symbols. But your status brought authority as well.
A1: Will this symbol of authority ever become fodder for jokes?
Dr. G: It looks remarkably like fine lace worn by the Dutch. Authority symbols work both ways. They also imprison its owner. When you have a Lagrangian around your neck that's more like a garrote than a decoration.
A1: According to the author of that link Lagrangian is on its way out.
Dr. G: There is a confusion there. Alphysics is divided in its use of lace. Doctor Carroll who dismisses Lagragian practices at CalTech where Lagrangian is fashionable. At University of Chicago only Hamiltonian is used. These formalisms come and go.
A1: To me a Lagrangian looks as old fashioned and funny as lace collar. I wonder why it is still around.
Dr. G: Today we have computer programs which do what Lagrangian was invented to do in the 18th century. The scholastic alphysics bureaucracy is an immense bureaucracy. Once the Lagrangian entered the books it could never be removed.
A1: So if alphysics Doctors were in charge of developing writing instruments for humanity we would still be writing with quill pens not typing on a keyboard.
Dr. G: You got the idea.
Dr. Gravytee: The word Newton has been a synonym for genius and science since eternity.
A1: Why was he wearing a wig?
Dr. G: That was cool at the time.
A1: You are saying that if the brand is set up professionally and maintained well and updated carefully the symbols of authority will never become jokes.
Dr. G: Newton is backed up by the most sophisticated marketing department in the world.
A1: Newton's contemporaries from Holland used elaborate lace collars as authority symbols.
Dr. G: More likely as status symbols. But your status brought authority as well.
A1: Will this symbol of authority ever become fodder for jokes?
Dr. G: It looks remarkably like fine lace worn by the Dutch. Authority symbols work both ways. They also imprison its owner. When you have a Lagrangian around your neck that's more like a garrote than a decoration.
A1: According to the author of that link Lagrangian is on its way out.
Dr. G: There is a confusion there. Alphysics is divided in its use of lace. Doctor Carroll who dismisses Lagragian practices at CalTech where Lagrangian is fashionable. At University of Chicago only Hamiltonian is used. These formalisms come and go.
A1: To me a Lagrangian looks as old fashioned and funny as lace collar. I wonder why it is still around.
Dr. G: Today we have computer programs which do what Lagrangian was invented to do in the 18th century. The scholastic alphysics bureaucracy is an immense bureaucracy. Once the Lagrangian entered the books it could never be removed.
A1: So if alphysics Doctors were in charge of developing writing instruments for humanity we would still be writing with quill pens not typing on a keyboard.
Dr. G: You got the idea.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Hereditary Scientific Authority
Admin1: Doctors of Alphysics got the concept of measurement and its relation to science all wrong.
Doctor Gravytee: Doctors measure in impeccable precision what each other know. In this case knowledge refers to the legal code of alphysics usually abbreviated to alphysics. Doctors of Alphysics couldn't care less about the measurement of phenomena.
A1: Really?
Dr. G: Doctors enjoy hereditary scientific authority. This authority gives them unquestioned authority to define what science is. Therefore, they define whatever it is that they think would advance their career the fastest by selling the most books to be science.
A1: Doctors of Alphysics have the hereditary scientific authority to define and what is measured does not matter. They can define the measurement whatever they want it to be.
Dr. G: Exactly. If you have the heridetary authority to define what is measured why measure it in the first place? Why bother to make measurements? The scientific protocol requires that there exists some kind of measurement to save Newton's sacred authority. Newton defined Alphysics to be an experimental science, so we must not change the appearance of practicing an experimental science.
A1: I see. If the measurements of phenomena do not fit their career goals Doctors redefine the measurement to make nature agree with their career goals. This is an old trick of scholasticism. But why Doctors measure so precisely and obsessively each other's knowledge?
Dr. G: The measurement of what your colleagues know is necessary in order to move up in the shcolastic bureaucracy. All through their careers Doctors of Alphysics must pass standardized tests in order to move up on to the next level. As a Doctor moves up the scholastic ladder he earns more authority points. You can tell that a Doctor has arrived, more or less, when he starts to complain loudly about how many Doctoral students he has to supervise and how many requests for reviews he gets. This is all part of accummulating authority points.
A1: But observations show that some Doctors of Alphysics simply rocket through to the top of the hierarchy instead of climbing patiently the scholastic ladder according to the millennia old rules. How come?
Dr. G: The reason for this is usually explained by this formula:
A :: (R + S) * F^2
Clearly a Doctor who has very little rank and seniority but has fame would have the most authority. Rank and seniority being equal, perceived fame gains a Doctor the most authority.
A1: I see. This is why a Doctor, any Doctor, wouldn't hesitate a moment to sell his scientific soul in order to get a quote into the New York Times Science section.
Dr. G: It is a crooked game, yes. It's been dog eat dog in the scholastic business for a long time. Either you have authority or you don't . If you don't have authority you cannot get grants, cannot do research you want, cannot be published in top journals and New York Times won't be calling. Therefore, it is absolutely positively crucial to measure how much authority each Doctor has so that the pecking order is established correctly.
A1: It seems to me that Doctors' crooked ways do not stop with sanctifying the measurement of Doctoral authority and despising real data.
Dr. G: You are mistaking in that. Doctors never say they despise data. Data is sanctified so that the measurement of scholastic authority can be defined as science. You get it?
A1: Doctors defined the measurement of each others' authority to be science?
Dr. G: Just look how much time a Doctor of Alphysics spends on doing measurements of authority.
A1: Are you saying that Doctors of Alphysics turned scholastic arrogance and zealotry into an artform?
Dr. G: Doctors of Alphysics have been blocking the development of human knowledge since the beginning of history. This is our job. This is why we get paid for. It is nothing new. Get used to it.
Doctor Gravytee: Doctors measure in impeccable precision what each other know. In this case knowledge refers to the legal code of alphysics usually abbreviated to alphysics. Doctors of Alphysics couldn't care less about the measurement of phenomena.
A1: Really?
Dr. G: Doctors enjoy hereditary scientific authority. This authority gives them unquestioned authority to define what science is. Therefore, they define whatever it is that they think would advance their career the fastest by selling the most books to be science.
A1: Doctors of Alphysics have the hereditary scientific authority to define and what is measured does not matter. They can define the measurement whatever they want it to be.
Dr. G: Exactly. If you have the heridetary authority to define what is measured why measure it in the first place? Why bother to make measurements? The scientific protocol requires that there exists some kind of measurement to save Newton's sacred authority. Newton defined Alphysics to be an experimental science, so we must not change the appearance of practicing an experimental science.
A1: I see. If the measurements of phenomena do not fit their career goals Doctors redefine the measurement to make nature agree with their career goals. This is an old trick of scholasticism. But why Doctors measure so precisely and obsessively each other's knowledge?
Dr. G: The measurement of what your colleagues know is necessary in order to move up in the shcolastic bureaucracy. All through their careers Doctors of Alphysics must pass standardized tests in order to move up on to the next level. As a Doctor moves up the scholastic ladder he earns more authority points. You can tell that a Doctor has arrived, more or less, when he starts to complain loudly about how many Doctoral students he has to supervise and how many requests for reviews he gets. This is all part of accummulating authority points.
A1: But observations show that some Doctors of Alphysics simply rocket through to the top of the hierarchy instead of climbing patiently the scholastic ladder according to the millennia old rules. How come?
Dr. G: The reason for this is usually explained by this formula:
A :: (R + S) * F^2
Clearly a Doctor who has very little rank and seniority but has fame would have the most authority. Rank and seniority being equal, perceived fame gains a Doctor the most authority.
A1: I see. This is why a Doctor, any Doctor, wouldn't hesitate a moment to sell his scientific soul in order to get a quote into the New York Times Science section.
Dr. G: It is a crooked game, yes. It's been dog eat dog in the scholastic business for a long time. Either you have authority or you don't . If you don't have authority you cannot get grants, cannot do research you want, cannot be published in top journals and New York Times won't be calling. Therefore, it is absolutely positively crucial to measure how much authority each Doctor has so that the pecking order is established correctly.
A1: It seems to me that Doctors' crooked ways do not stop with sanctifying the measurement of Doctoral authority and despising real data.
Dr. G: You are mistaking in that. Doctors never say they despise data. Data is sanctified so that the measurement of scholastic authority can be defined as science. You get it?
A1: Doctors defined the measurement of each others' authority to be science?
Dr. G: Just look how much time a Doctor of Alphysics spends on doing measurements of authority.
A1: Are you saying that Doctors of Alphysics turned scholastic arrogance and zealotry into an artform?
Dr. G: Doctors of Alphysics have been blocking the development of human knowledge since the beginning of history. This is our job. This is why we get paid for. It is nothing new. Get used to it.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Bugs are features of the Theory
Admin1: Then, what is mathematics?
Dr. Gravytee: Mathematics is the XML of the 17th century.
A1: Or was.
Dr. G: Yes. Was. Today's mathematics has no error that is why mathematics is so bloated.
A1: Alphysics is doubly bloated.
Dr. G: In XML the program does not continue to process when it finds an error. But with HTML it is possible to create documents with lots of errors. This is the reason why HTML browsers are so bloated and why they are so incompatible. Each browser has its own way of figuring out what a document should look like when it encounters an HTML error.
A1: Wow! It's like, I mean, browsers are Doctors of Alphysics!
Dr. G: In Alphysics each Doctor of Alphysics has his own way of defining his own favorite Universe. And each of these Universes are based on an error in mathematics.
A1: For example, division by zero became the famous black hole!
Dr. G: You see why Doctors of Alphysics will never give up their authority over mathematics. If and when Doctors of Alphysics give up their authority over mathematics and, say, chose XML as their professional language they will no longer be able to invent absurdities based on linguistic abuse and sell them as true science in bestselling books.
A1: That's a scary thought. But it will never happen.
Dr. G: True. It will never happen. Once a bureaucracy is created, and in this case it is a lucrative bureaucracy feeding the giant entertainment industry, it will never go away. Never.
A1: But it will change its name.
Dr. G: Yes.
Dr. Gravytee: Mathematics is the XML of the 17th century.
A1: Or was.
Dr. G: Yes. Was. Today's mathematics has no error that is why mathematics is so bloated.
A1: Alphysics is doubly bloated.
Dr. G: In XML the program does not continue to process when it finds an error. But with HTML it is possible to create documents with lots of errors. This is the reason why HTML browsers are so bloated and why they are so incompatible. Each browser has its own way of figuring out what a document should look like when it encounters an HTML error.
A1: Wow! It's like, I mean, browsers are Doctors of Alphysics!
Dr. G: In Alphysics each Doctor of Alphysics has his own way of defining his own favorite Universe. And each of these Universes are based on an error in mathematics.
A1: For example, division by zero became the famous black hole!
Dr. G: You see why Doctors of Alphysics will never give up their authority over mathematics. If and when Doctors of Alphysics give up their authority over mathematics and, say, chose XML as their professional language they will no longer be able to invent absurdities based on linguistic abuse and sell them as true science in bestselling books.
A1: That's a scary thought. But it will never happen.
Dr. G: True. It will never happen. Once a bureaucracy is created, and in this case it is a lucrative bureaucracy feeding the giant entertainment industry, it will never go away. Never.
A1: But it will change its name.
Dr. G: Yes.
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