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   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Ross Finlayson  wrote:   
      
   > On 02/12/2026 02:12 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   > > Ross Finlayson  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On 02/11/2026 02:09 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   > >>> john larkin  wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> Why are physics types so often insulting and obnoxious?   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Their big big problem is their inability to suffer fools gladly.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> I've been to physics meetings that shocked me with their brutality.   
   > >>>> That mentality is terrible for brainstorming and inventing things.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> They are professionals amongst themselves. They can take it.   
   > >>> Brutality is what keeps the brainstorming in check,   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Jan   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >> Barbarian.   
   > >   
   > > Au contraire, the barbarians are at the gate.   
   > > It is the way science is financed, and careers are made,   
   > > that force people being blunt.   
   > >   
   > > With time and money always in short supply   
   > > wastage must be kept to the minimum,   
   > > (so no time for fools with hobby horses)   
   > >   
   > > Jan   
   > >   
   >   
   > The ephemeris is given by parameterized post-Newtonian or   
   > PPN formalism,   
   [snip more verbiage]   
      
   You make it very obvious that you have no idea at all   
   of what the life of real working scientists is like,   
      
   Jan   
      
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