Sunday, May 31, 2009
Why are they trying to gag a top British science writer?
I'm speaking of course about Simon Singh. Briefly, the Uk "Observer" says "The learned judge (Eady) did not seem to understand that the worst thing about the deluded is that they sincerely believe every word they say. On Eady's logic, a writer who condemns as "bogus" a neo-Nazi's claim that a conspiracy of Jews controls American foreign policy could be sued successfully if lawyers jumped up and said neo-Nazis sincerely believed their conspiracy theories to be true.
The consequences of letting the libel law loose on scientific debate are horrendous. Science proceeds by peer review. A researcher's colleagues must submit his or her ideas to scrutiny without fear of the consequences. If they think they could lose their homes and savings in the libel courts, however, they will back off."
IMO: Maybe high court judges' expenses, emoluments and related perks should be put through even more scrutiny - just as we have recently found with MPs. Briefly, some of Eady's earlier judgements look unsound to me. Further we have had judges with Alzheimers, judges who are sex perverts and many, many judges who plainly do not understand science or medicine - right up to the point where innocent persons - in at least one case a lawyer - have been given long prison sentences. Almost certainly some UK judges should be locked up, in prison or even mental asylums.
The consequences of letting the libel law loose on scientific debate are horrendous. Science proceeds by peer review. A researcher's colleagues must submit his or her ideas to scrutiny without fear of the consequences. If they think they could lose their homes and savings in the libel courts, however, they will back off."
IMO: Maybe high court judges' expenses, emoluments and related perks should be put through even more scrutiny - just as we have recently found with MPs. Briefly, some of Eady's earlier judgements look unsound to me. Further we have had judges with Alzheimers, judges who are sex perverts and many, many judges who plainly do not understand science or medicine - right up to the point where innocent persons - in at least one case a lawyer - have been given long prison sentences. Almost certainly some UK judges should be locked up, in prison or even mental asylums.
# posted by uv : 4:36 AM
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