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Frank X.
Didik Covid-19 breaking news
The facts and only
the facts, without editorialization or opinion. You decide what to believe.
UPDATE: June 2,
2020. The looting outrage continues. Even with the 11pm curfew,
looting has continued throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and other parts
of New York City, with major businesses, such as flagship store of
Macy's on 34 Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, as well as Target
and many other stores being vandalized and looted. The police, trying
their best, are simply overwhelmed and are restricted as to what
measures that they can take. Most are now calling for the mounted
patrol to be deployed as well as the deployment of the National Guard.
New York City protester
resort to looting in Soho and other areas
On the night of
May 31,2020, the protests against the death
of George Floyd in Minneapolis broke out into wanton destruction and
looting in the fashionable, artistic area of Manhattan of Soho. It
was sheer pandemonium with the NYPD doing their best to control the
situation, but they were overwhelmed by hordes of looters. Almost
every store had widows smashed, and experienced some sort of looting.
Elegant stores, such as Bloomingdales, Macy's, Coach, Best Buy, Louis
Viton, Gucci and so many others were damaged, destroyed and looted.
One man was shot, apparently by someone participating in the looting.
All New Yorkers, regardless of their political positions, were and
are outraged by this senseless destruction. It is very sad to walk
through the lovely streets and see this. A complete tragedy for the
city. Other areas, including in downtown Brooklyn, were also looted
and destroyed. Below you can see the aftermath of this destruction on
the afternoon of June 1, 2020. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that a
curfew will be in place for New York City from 11PM to 5AM and
starting on June 2, the curfew will be from 8pm till 5am.
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for earlier photographs of the Covid-19 lockdown
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NYPD Smart Car.was
burnt out the night of May 30, 2020. |
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Black
Lives Matter grafitti painted on a Soho store. |
Everywhere in Soho
and around NYC, store owners did what they could to protect their
properties from degenerate looters. |
After the
night of looting disgrace on May 31, 2020, the fashionable SOHO
district in Manhattan became a construction site with hundreds of
stores attempting to protect what remained of their businesses from
additional looting. |
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The Leica
camera store on West Broadway, boarded up to prevent looting and destruction. |
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Just
yesterday, on May 30th, this small museum was open. Today, June 1,
2020, precautions are being taken to protect the property. |
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The Nike
sneaker store on Broadway in the Soho District of Manhattan. |
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People
continue to be forced to "social distance" and wait to go
into "essential" stores, though there is not any scientific
evidence that either social distancing or wearing a mask can possibly
prevent a virus. |
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Empty
New York City breaks
out into protest and riots.
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Union Square Black Lives Matter protest
regarding the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. |
Many of the protestors were extremely
aggressive and vulgar in their march. |
There were aproximately 5,000 protestors on
14th Street and Union Square |
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protestors seemed to be governed by monitors, some using bullhorns. |
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the credit of the NYPD, they remained calm and professional, even
under the constant abuse. |
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Not everyone was protesting. These people were
enjoying the mid 70F weather. |
The entrance of the Manhattan Bridge, on the
Brooklyn side off Concord Street, on May 30,2020 |
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 The
night of May 30, 2020, on Concord Street, next to the Manhattan
Bridge on the Brooklyn side. This protestor was pepper sprayed and
apparently hit on the head. |
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Bowery looking uptown. |
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Empty Seventh Avenue, looking downtown from 28 Street. |
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Empty streets in
front of Madison Square Garden on Eight Avenue. |
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Normally busy Eighth Avenue and 32 Street. |
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Some essential services, such as this Post Office,
have painted squares on the sidewalk to assist in "Social
distancing", that is, for people to separate by six feet (2 meters). |
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Certain items have disappeared from supermarket
shelves. Items include toilet paper, bottled water, sanitizing
napkins and cleaners. |
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Gasoline prices have plummeted by almost a dollar in
just one month. |
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As of May, masks
are required to be worn in all stores and also is "social
distancing" of 6 feet can not be maintained while outside. The
mask rule will not be enforced on public transportation. |
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Because of the
massive demand for masks and protective shields, some stores donated
their stock of such items to local hospitals, as did this Harbor
Freight Tools in Brooklyn did. |
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Empty Eight Avenue
and 31 Street |
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The major bridges
have very little vehicular traffic as this photograph of the entrance
of the Manhattan Bridge, on the Manhattan side shows. |
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Empty Dumbo,
Brooklyn, next to the Manhattan Bridge. Normally, this road would be
bumper to bumper with cars. |
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Where are all of
the people? The Main Post Office on Eighth Avenue and 33 Street. |
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Are these pigeons
practicing "social distancing"? |
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Empty East 16
Street and Fifth Avenue. |
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The new Hudson Yards on Ninth Avenue and 30 Street is
completely empty. |
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The Church of the Holy Innocents on West 37 Street,
off of Broadway. |
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Entrance to the Manhattan Bridge on the Brooklyn Side. |
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The Bowery (3rd Avenue), looking north from St. Mark's Place. |
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The Main Manhattan Post Office on Eighth Avenue and 32 Street. |
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Sixth Avenue looking uptown from Greenwich Avenue. |
All Churches and religious facilities have
been encouraged to close. This sign is interesting. |
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Times Square is a ghost town. |
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Refrigeration trucks at a Brooklyn hospital. I
did not see any activity going on, though I did not see inside. |
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The Williamsburg Bridge without traffic. This would
have been completely unheard of a few months ago. |
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The former and well known Gem Spa news stand
on the normally crowded St. Marks Place and Second Avenue. |
Washington Square Park |
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Washington Square Park with street musicians
still perform. |
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It looks like the lady is wearing a fashionable hazmat
suit, however she was driving her motorcycle and didn't want to leave
her helmet on the bike! |
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Looking Down Broadway. |
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Canal Street looking East. |
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Canal Street in China Town |
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Canal Street looking east from Lafayette Street. |
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Normally the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge on the
Manhattan side would have bumper to bumper traffic during rush hour.
Today, it is like a Sunday morning. |
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Normally very busy Manhattan Avenue in
Greenpoint Brooklyn, looking east. |
Dumbo, Brooklyn, is without the normal
thousands of tourists. |
Dumbo, Brooklyn Park |
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Empty Broome Street looking west. This street
is almost always jam packed with cars headed towards the Holland Tunnel. |
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Bicycles riding down the middle of Second Avenue at
Houston Street in Manhattan |
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People waiting to buy coffee on Sunday on
Lafayette Street. |
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Many if not most of the people are wearing surgical
type face masks. |
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Person enjoying a bike ride on a sunny Sunday
in Washington Square Park. |
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The elderly are said to be the most at risk.
Here they are wearing masks in Washington Square Park. |
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32 Street and 8th Avenue |
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32 Street and 7th Ave |
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Fuel prices drop. $246/gallon |
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Homeless on the streets |
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Covid-19 advertisement 32/8th |
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Main Post Office 32/8th |
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Famous 24/7 Wo Hop closed. |
Washington Square park |
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Fearful Corona homemade sign |
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Bicycle use increases |
Empty Manhattan Bridge |
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Frank
Didik's
Predictions
for the scary
world of the future
No one
really knows what the future will be like and rarely have predictions
made in the past, have become a reality in the same way that was
predicted. Never the less, certain generalities of what might happen,
can be foreseen.
1. Self driving
trucks will change society and millions will lose their jobs ...read
more
2. Robotic
friends, including intimate friends will prevail
read
more
3. Dating and
marriage will greatly decline ...read
more
4. Populations
will drastically decline ...read
more
5. Pet ownership
will decline read
more
6. Natural child
birth will decline read
more
7. Licenses will
be required to have children ...read
more
8. Virtual living
will take precedence to real life read
more
9. Aroma, heat,
wind, moisture and taste will all be recorded read
more
10. Wealth will be
concentrated among a tiny group of people read
more
11. Technological
advancement will slow down ...read
more
12. Planets will
not be colonized read
more
13. People will
travel less in the future ...read
more
14. Transportation
networks will gradually be reduced ..read
more
15. Loss of
optimism for the future ...read
more
16. People will
rarely interact, face to face ...read
more
17. Microscopic
robotic "bacteria" to cure diseases and repair the body ...read
more
18. Robotic
physicians and surgeons will prevail ..read
more
19. Surgeons may
be hundreds of miles away from the patient read
more
20. Radically
changed moral values and decline in human dignity ...read
more
21. Society is
gradually falling into a stagnant, non advancing epic ...read
more
22. Future crises
in Human Dignity ...read
more
23. Medicines will
be specifically designed for the individual ...read
more
24. Microscopic
robot will be injected into a person to repair or remove internal
body issues read
more
25. Robots will do
most factory work and manual labor, including farming and cooking,
just to mention a few chores read
more
26. Robots will
perform medical procedures ...read
more
27. Doctors will
be able to operate from anywhere on the planet ...read
more
---Predictions
for the future by Frank X. Didik, December
2, 2016
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NEWS1
Breaking
News
 Frank
X. Didik with NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and first lady Chirlane
McCray, at Gracy Mansion.
NYPD shows extreme
professionalism and restraint Read
more
NYC under curfew read
more
Stores looted May
31, 2020 read
more
Protests erupt in
NYC read
more
Congress
proposesTRACE Act read
more
History of Corona
Virus read
more
Gasoline &
fuel prices plumet read
more
Covid-19 April
2020 news. read
more
Corona Shut-down read
more
Congress aproves
of2 trillion read
more
Protestors object
to shutdown read
more
Photographs of
empty New York Citymore
Federal reserve on
Covid-19 read
more
Prior
News
OP-ED
Corona Paycheck
program read
more
Remote
salary protection read
more
Internet
censorship read
more
People
should be responsible for themselves and carry their own weight in society read
more
Subway
Safety-Subway Gate Every year hundreds of people are
killed or severely injured when they fall onto the tracks of trains
and subways. The prevention is cost efficient and greatly reduces liability ...
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more ...
Greatly
reduce train noise A significant
amount of train noise is caused by the train wheels rolling over the
expansion joint of the tracks. This vibration creates noise,
vibrations, an less pleasant ride and also reduces the life cycle of
the train. The solution is relatively simple and cost effective..read
more ...
Corona
Virus:
What I have observed regarding the Corona Virus can be
read here. Further, my photographs of empty New York City, can be viewed
here.
Pentup
Demand caused
by Covid-19 lockdown? Unlikely. People are used to staying home, have
developed new habits, and after being out of work, will probably want
to save money.
Hysterical
Fears pushed in the media and other sources: What
ever happened to Y2K, the Ozone hole, nuclear winter, missile gap, read
more
Restaurants
and Bars will spring back? Very
unlikely. People go to these places not only to eat and drink but
primarily to socialize. If people are social distanced, why go out?
Corona
Virus "Experts"?
Who is to say who is an expert when the entire virus is a new event
and nobody has any real understanding what is going on. This is like
the transition period of Eastern Europe from 1989 to 1992, when so
many "leading experts" came from nowhere and gave the
public their speculation with truly disastrous results, causing
massive inflation and economic failure in countries who followed
their "advice".
Question
If you can live for a thousand years, but have to live in a 12x12
foot (3x3 meter) room without ever leaving, would you do it? I prefer
to live life to its fullest and accept the risks. Everything in life
entails a certain risk.
Forced
vaccinations? But Why? read
more
Do
more people die because of the Corona Virus or because of the lockdown? read
more
Is
Covid-19 as widespread as suggested? read
more
Liberal
Governments verses Conservative Governments read
more
For
young women only. Career first and family later? read
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Frank X. Didik aboard "The
Futurist", anchored in a New York Harbor.
Thoughts
on science, business and society today
By
Frank X. Didik - News1.net editor.
What
if and what can or might be.
The
1956 Firebird was
to be self driving.
Self
Driving Cars? If
you have an accident with a self driving car, who is at fault? The
car manufacturer, the owner of the car or the occupant
"driver" of the car? I
have enjoyed owning and driving some of the most interesting cars
made and have always enjoyed the freedom of driving without
impediments or restrictions. Nevertheless, if self driving cars can
help reduce accidents and enhance society, I am for them. Besides the
technical aspects, there are many other issues that must be worked
out. My concerns
regarding self driving cars including liability, safety, morality and
effectiveness. ...read
more ...
 
Bicycles?
What ever happened to jet packs, flying cars and advanced technology
that in the past, was predicted that we would be using by today? Why
are bicycles being pushed by cities world wide?...read
more ...
Question:
If people who are protesting are paid to protest, is it really a protest?
Question:
If a humanitarian organization is paid for their services, are they
really a humanitarian organization?
Question:
If a charity receives most or all of its money from the government,
is it really a charity considering that the tax payer is paying for
their services?
Cell
Phone Etiquette
Advice for the modern person -
December 9,
2016 read
more
Time
to Rethink Bike Lanes
Advice for bicyle based cities
- August
3,
2016 read
more
On
Education
Rethinking
school and our education system
Should
everyone attend college
or university?
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more ...
Can
a
college or a university
really teach a person to be a businessman
or an artist or good in any particular field? ...
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more ...
How
come all college undergraduate degree's
require four years?
Should some degrees require only one
year while others perhaps six years? ...
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more ...
What
courses should and should not be taught at college or university? Can
college or a university teach a person how to be a good business
person, or how to be creative? ...
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more ...
Reason,
Logic and intellect is not reliable.
The late Christopher Hitchens often stated that we should rely on our
logic, reason and intellect to determine the truth. Many people who
pride themselves as educated, intelligent and progressive believe the
same. As reasonable as this seems, Galileo proved over 400 years ago
that our logic, reason and intellect is unreliable and that only
direct experimental data, should be relied upon. Galileo had dropped
two balls of the same material, but different masses, from the
Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that they would hit the ground
at the same time, rather than the heavier ball hitting the ground
first, as almost everyone, including Aristotle, 2000 years ago, had
assumed. Our logic, reason and intellect is not reliable and should
only be viewed as speculation. Only direct experimentation and
obtaining the same results, over and over again should be relied upon.
What about? ..
Old
Computer Formats and the longevity of our digitally stored
knowledge. Are
we entering into a "pre-history" era? How can we preserve
our computer written records, books, photographs, video and
knowledge? We must have an international agreement and an
organization, perhaps under auspices of the United Nations, dedicated
to preserving our global digital records so that future generations
can access the information and knowledge that we store on computer
readable formats.
If
you wanted to, would you be able to read a:
3
1/2" or 5 1/4" or 8" floppy?
cd-rom
or a dvd?
12"
optical disk?
9
track tape?
IBM
punch card?
Paper
punch tape?
If
you can not read these one or two generation old formats today, how
will society be able to read these documents in 200 years from now?
In a few years, our latest computer formats and storage devices, such
as USB drives, will also be obsolete. I have deep concerns about the
longevity of our knowledge and of computer records, ...read
more ...
What
if the decay rate of elements varies rather than being a constant? Imagine,
if this is the case, it would mean that all archeological dating is
in question. How old are artifacts? When in fact did the dinosaurs
really die out? Further, consider that ...
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more ...
What
is the speed of gravity? If it is instantaneous, then what if
gravity can be modulated? Today
most scientists, assume that the speed of gravity is the same as the
speed of light, but what if the speed of gravity is instantaneous?
Further, if gravity can be modulated, it might allow for
instantaneous universal communication. Thus it might be possible to
communicate with space craft instantly, rather than waiting for
minutes for transmissions to reach the craft or earth. Perhaps
computer chips can be made to operate vastly faster. And this is just
the beginning since ...read
more ...
On
Business
Investing
in Startups. Good idea or bad? Is
investing in a Startup, that has never proven itself in the market
place, a good idea or a waste of money (and talent)? Historically,
investors invested in companies that were swamped with orders and
making money, but needed additional money to ...
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Most
efficient brain-storming method and
how to make morning office meetings more productive and interesting ...
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Superior
advertising results
Producing
the very best and most effective TV commercials
The single purpose of a television commercial is to sell the product
or service. The fact that an advertisement might be interesting,
funny, informative or well produced is secondary to the main purpose,
which is to sell the product or service. One should never leave the
creation of the television commercial to the television producer or
the video editor. ...
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more ...
Building
the most effective business websites Never
let a "web designer" develop the website for you. A web
designer should be produce the website under the supervision of an on
line marketing master, usually working with ...
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more ...
There
is an alternative to population control. Restricting
and discouraging the formation of families in order to stabilize or
reduce population infringes on the freedom and rights of every human.
There is another much better approach...read
more ...
Questioning
the results of modern science. For
the last 100 years, we have been experiencing the collapse of real
science. Theories, speculation and fantasy is the norm today. By
definition, the scientific method is the ability to test and re-test
and always get the same results, over and over. If an idea or a
theory can not be tested, the idea must be viewed as speculation and
not considered true, till that idea is proven without a doubt.
Scientific theory has moved to areas that are beyond our present
capability of testing and gradually a number of unproven theories
have become accepted as fact without any real proof. Further, new
theories have been developed based on old theories. Thus we have a
situation where science today is largely based on theory upon theory.
If something can not be proven, it falls into the realm of philosophy
rather than science. This has led to...read
more ...
What
if time varies along with all things, rather than being a constant? Consider
that...read
more ...
Can
the speed of light vary, even if traveling under the same
conditions, or in other words, is the speed of light really a
constant? According
to Einstein's theory of relativity, the speed of light is a constant
but ...read
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Science
and media hype: Any
sudden "revolutionary" scientific discovery, even if such
discovery is written about in every newspaper and scientific journal,
should be greeted with skepticism. Such a discovery should only be
accepted after the bulk of scientists have have had a chance to
review the discovery and confirm that it is in fact correct. Such
things that come to mind include cold fusion, the so called "God
Particle" and even the recent stated discovery of a
"gravitational wave". All too often such media hype has
come and gone without any real discovery or fundamental change. ..read
more ...
What
percentage of information, contained in science books is accurate
and true? Are we in a post science period? Many
science books today present ...read
more ...
It
is time to retest scientific properties. Verify results. I
suggest that the properties of all materials be re-tested using
modern technology and certify the results. Melting and boiling
points, conductivity, hardness, and all physical properties of
materials should be re-tested ...read
more ...
Honesty
and integrity
in scientific
research is
essential in
order to
advance our knowledge
base. When
a scientist has worked for years to prove a particular theory and
finds out that their work hasbeen in vain, it is difficult to admit
that their original assumptions were wrong. Still it is vitally
important ..read
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