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Originally Posted by VanderL
If there is no onus, it is possible to discuss the contents of the paper without getting into trouble for it. And science is as much about showing that things work, as it is in showing that things don't work. Actually, positively proving something in science (except in math) is even thought to be impossible.
Cheers.
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As one who regularly reads the ATM section, I think that what is most annoying in the postings and papers presented is the lack of mathematics. A lot of the fur that begins to fly comes from the fact that ATM posters do not present rigorous, quantative, backing for their ideas.