Thanks Demo, saw Daveman's comment about the POIS research for the first time after you re-posted it. Very exciting to hear!
On a side note, I just checked NSF for the first time in like 4 months....and whaddayaknow, the first thing I see is some more quacks & their sh*tty websites being promoted.
Makes me so glad I left. I wonder when those people will realize how insanely ridiculous they look to everyone else when they try to promote that kind of junk.
Hi, Prancer --
No question about it -- the NSF POIS forum has become a free-for-all...unfortunately.
When Demo was the moderator at NSF, he monitored all posts carefully. People who posted frivolous links to unsound scientific theory were given fair warning (by Demo) --> shape up or ship out. He put up with SO MUCH FLACK from forum members who had personal agendas, and who didn't like being warned (privately) by Demo to reign it in.
Personally, I would have said, "The heck with this!" and left the moderation of that forum to someone else. However, Demo persevered.
In the meantime, Daveman felt that "POIS" should have its own forum, and had started constructing a POIS forum, using the Simple Machines platform.
The breaking point occurred when the NSF general moderators advised Demo (and me, individually) to cease and desist all research fund-raising posts. It did not matter that the fund-raising was for scientific research.
I think that says a lot for a forum called, "The Naked Scientists."
So -- here we are! Demo and Daveman left NSF... and this forum came to life! :-)
It's sad because there are men posting on NSF who may not be aware of this POIS forum, and are missing out on REAL discussion.
Stef
