I must say that I agree with Fraser’s proposals for a thirty day limit on ATM postings. I have had the privilege of having my theory posted on the BAUT forum and I thank those who contributed and made it even better.
In answering the questions posed, the theory went on to be better still and ended up accepted by a peer reviewed journal and as a published book. There were other boards that helped, as well, but BAUT was up there with the rest.
The problem with the ATM section is that there are too many “pseudo scientists” who will not accept that the “expanding universe idea” is totally wrong and thus they go on and on posting one misconceived idea after another until the thread goes on forever. It is these people who prolong the threads not the ATM’ers. It tends to be the rule on BAUT, that every idea that is posted on ATM is wrong and must be ‘debunked’ regardless of the fact that the Physics is spot on and the theory is more than likely correct.
It is these people, the ones who defend the defenseless, who should open their eyes and realize that science is telling them that the universe is not expanding, and then threads would be much shorter.
Lets have a new rule – that if any thread is posted on ATM that is scientifically correct, then everyone says “good show, you are correct. The Universe is not expanding”.
Then the threads would be over and finished in 24 hours.