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Your comment doesn't fit the article very well which may be why it is being downvoted. "this is more like a religious propaganda than science" First of all, i
by techiferous 16y ago
Your comment doesn't fit the article very well which may be why it is being downvoted.
"this is more like a religious propaganda than science"
First of all, it is about math, not science. And it is not like religious propaganda, which relies on authority or faith. It clearly and cogently explains reasons why using tau is better than pi.
"Throughout the article they have only demonstrated how a particular community is more comfortable with using double pi."
No community was mentioned. Just ideas.
"If they like the tau so much they should be writing papers on its advantage."
The manifesto is exactly that: a "paper" about its advantage.
"I think scientists should be more concerned about finding and confirming important things than releasing such propaganda."
From the manifesto: "Tau Manifesto author Michael Hartl is an educator and entrepreneur." He is not a scientist.
So that's probably why people are downvoting you. You probably just skimmed the article instead of reading it and therefore misunderstood the article.
- waldrews 16y agoHold off on the "he is not a scientist" line... the Caltech Physics Ph.D. (a theorist, not some namby-pamby experimentalist) does give Michael the street cred to rant about such things. Now if only he used his powers for good instead of evil...
- techiferous 16y agoAh, I didn't catch that. :)
- mhartl 16y agoI wasn't going to say anything, but I admit that the "he is not a scientist" line did sting a little. Although it's true that I'm not currently suckling at the academic teat, I did spend three years at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as an undergrad and eight years at Caltech as a grad student and postdoc doing research in theoretical astrophysics. I like to think that gives me some cred as a scientist, and I appreciate your coming to my defense. :-) One reason I didn't hold the comment against the parent poster is that techiferous == Wyatt Greene, and he was by far the single most helpful pre-launch reviewer of the Tau Manifesto. He is clearly on the side of what is good and sweet and true. Speaking of good vs. evil, you sound like a supporter of the Jedi. While it is true that I am a Sith lord, it is my duty to inform you that it is the Jedi, not the Sith, who are truly evil. How can this be? Suffice to say you've been exposed to a lot of anti-Sith propaganda. ;-)