Reply To: T-shirt designers unite and take over

[Brian H]

dash wrote:

It was hardly me began the ad hominem stuff! And what “assumption” would that be, pliz? That mass-energy isn’t free? Oops! 😆

All right. Let’s try again.

Brian H wrote: On the other side of the scale, credulous acceptance of obviously unbalanced theories is surely a sign of some kind of unfulfilled need for special Divine Revelation ….

Now correct me if I’m wrong.

1) I am interested in the possibility that a spinning mass can exert an unexpected gravitational field
2) You assert that energy is always conserved, you can’t get something for free
3) I assert that without a convincing Theory of Everything, one cannot be sure conservation of energy is always valid
4) You assert that giving lip service to (1) above is surely a sign of some kind of unfulfilled need for special Divine Revelation
5) After which I ask for clarification, specifically that by questioning conventional wisdom, must I then be lumped in with the religious crowd?
6) You respond with ad hominem attack

Let me cut to the chase. You, and many people on these forums, seem to delight in criticizing the faith based anti-science group. Yet you are blind to that exact same faith based belief in science itself.

You see the fallacy of religion. Yet you presume that that is the only danger you faced! Science itself is not immune to corruption. Why behave as if it is? Why blindly follow the assertions of so-called experts? Why ridicule anyone who doesn’t blindly follow the assertions of so-called experts?

I do not expect a rational response to this, by the way. And I’m rapidly tiring of interacting with you.

Since conservation of energy, especially on a “local” scale (look it up), is strongly supported and nowhere disproved by available evidence, the burden of proof is completely on the side of anyone conjuring gravity out of the void. “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Extra-loud complaints about others not having sufficiently “open minds” jest don’t cut the mustard. Please cease to rely on them.
But, you are allowed to ask me if I give a rat’s what you’re getting tired of! :cheese: