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Old 05-26-2012, 12:52 PM
 
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I noticed they added a couple of sub forums and it's going to make finding some things much easier. Thank you for the additions.

I do, however, feel that they missed one important sub forum that would help clean up the Science forum and make the lives of those who are serious about the subject better. Much less scooping and more reading and interacting.

Flaky Science

Nominations would help with the decision making process, but I think most of us know whose posts belong there.
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Old 05-26-2012, 01:06 PM
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Why have a new forum when we could instead clear up the problem with a ban?
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Old 05-26-2012, 09:54 PM
 
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Agree 100% with flaky science.....

Either flaky science or Science From Another Dimension....
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Old 05-26-2012, 11:30 PM
 
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Why have a new forum when we could instead clear up the problem with a ban?
They don't work. The posters just create a new account and keep right on posting.
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Old 05-26-2012, 11:31 PM
 
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Agree 100% with flaky science.....

Either flaky science or Science From Another Dimension....
Hmmmm. Other Dimensional Discretionary Science, or ODDS
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Old 05-27-2012, 10:25 AM
 
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There is an existing forum called Unexplained Mysteries and Paranormal, which would probably embrace most Flaky Science topics. Maybe that should have just been sub-forumed under Science in the first place.
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Old 05-27-2012, 11:00 AM
 
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Default It's a new forum I think

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There is an existing forum called Unexplained Mysteries and Paranormal, which would probably embrace most Flaky Science topics. Maybe that should have just been sub-forumed under Science in the first place.
And in its current form it should be kept far, far away from the Science and Technology forum. To quote the forum moderator:

Please note that this is NOT a forum for prosthelytizing or for bashing members who hold worldviews that differ from yours.

Which would be my natural inclination in a forum or sub-forum where science was mentioned in the title (not the members, themselves, of course, just what they write, although I doubt that the distinction would be made by those reading my responses).

I think the goal of anyone posting so-called Flaky Science in a Science and Technology forum is to invite controversy and get attention, so even if this forum did exist no one would post there.
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Old 05-27-2012, 01:41 PM
 
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And in its current form it should be kept far, far away from the Science and Technology forum. To quote the forum moderator:

Please note that this is NOT a forum for prosthelytizing or for bashing members who hold worldviews that differ from yours.

Which would be my natural inclination in a forum or sub-forum where science was mentioned in the title (not the members, themselves, of course, just what they write, although I doubt that the distinction would be made by those reading my responses).

I think the goal of anyone posting so-called Flaky Science in a Science and Technology forum is to invite controversy and get attention, so even if this forum did exist no one would post there.
The goal of the new forum is to give the mods a place to move these posts so the S&T Forum isn't clogged with them.
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Old 05-27-2012, 03:33 PM
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A dumping ground for incoherent nonsense posted by people who don't even attempt to have a discussion seems rather pointless to me.
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Old 05-27-2012, 05:23 PM
 
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A dumping ground for incoherent nonsense posted by people who don't even attempt to have a discussion seems rather pointless to me.
Yeah. CD already has Politics and Other Controversies.
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