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Scientists on RF: sharing your expertise
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This thread is meant as an invitation for members of the forum with a background in the hard sciences (I.e.the natural sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, etc.) to let us know who you are so we know whose expertise to trust in debates on the forum.
Scientific knowledge plays a crucial role in debates on RF and that very much reflects the role science plays in society at large as the standard of knowledge. It is also under attack from a number of sources such as political, religious and corporate groups which through the power of mass media spread distortions and misinformation that find their way to the general public and to many members of RF. It is hard to overcome your ignorance on certain subjects especially if you are too ignorant to recognise our own ignorance behind the mask of certainty and conviction. It takes a certain humility to respect those with greater knowledge and expertise especially when cherished beliefs are at stake, which is why it matters to know whose posts can be deferred to on relevant areas.
I realise there are at least one or two scientists on RF and what I hope is that by making it a bit more obvious who to look out for, it will help enlighten everyone else.
For the purposes of clarification I am going to assume a minimum of either currently studying or have studied in the sciences at a graduate level. That's not very high but still higher than secondary/high school education in science the rest of us will probably have. If you have something else in mind worth sharing such as a life long hobby in one of the sciences, feel free and if your a student your voice should be included as well.
This is thread is simply so you can makes yourselves known and share your level of education and expertise, so the non-scientists have a better idea of who to trust in threads on specialised subjects and who to ask for advice on tricky subjects (if you are open to it).
scientists don't always have the answers but they often can ask better questions and that can get the rest of us at least half way there.
Go Science!
I am in my Master's of Social Work with BS in Psychology.
Yes. The IUPAC system of naming.
http://www.chem.uiuc.edu/GenChemReferences/nomenclature_rules.html
Work through the examples, then make up random structures and try to give them names. Check to see if they match with actual ones in the web. Its fun as you can almost pretend you are discovering new compounds and naming them yourself!
David Durand
New Member
Gearhead!
David Durand
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Hi there!HI!
I've designed gears too.....big ones....little ones....medium ones.
But no gigantic ones.
Agri. BS in Soil Science, and MS in Geology, specialty hydrology and geomorphology. OSHA trained. 25+ years working as a Soil Scientist and Field Geologist in Environmental, Soil Survey, Wetlands, Woodland Survey, Coastal.
ScottySatan
Well-Known Member
I am a professor in biomedical sciences in one of the top ten universities on the subject in the US.
But I would not trust any argument made just on a poster's credentials. Besides, in my personal experience, you are not an expert on a subject even with a masters degree. No one in science comes close to respecting your opinion, with good reason, until you've finished a postdoc. We catch even Ph.Ds saying dumb stuff and making very basic mistakes all the time. Most of us can name more than one professor who's not particularly trustworthy. If you count my track record on here, I'm one of them because I haven't convinced anyone here of a damned thing.
Either way, this thread is going to get buried, people won't remember, and new people will come on.
Instead I suggest you ask people to give references, and make them explain the data. Too often people post references and leave it at that, and it's totally unintelligable to everyone else. But it means you'll have to resolve one debating point at a time.
But I would not trust any argument made just on a poster's credentials. Besides, in my personal experience, you are not an expert on a subject even with a masters degree. No one in science comes close to respecting your opinion, with good reason, until you've finished a postdoc. We catch even Ph.Ds saying dumb stuff and making very basic mistakes all the time. Most of us can name more than one professor who's not particularly trustworthy. If you count my track record on here, I'm one of them because I haven't convinced anyone here of a damned thing.
Either way, this thread is going to get buried, people won't remember, and new people will come on.
Instead I suggest you ask people to give references, and make them explain the data. Too often people post references and leave it at that, and it's totally unintelligable to everyone else. But it means you'll have to resolve one debating point at a time.
Sounds like you're really into dirt.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Hopefully in about five months I'll be starting on my masters. Hopefully the psych department knows for sure by know if it will be going by then or not.
Master Mech. Engineering, Master Electrical Engineering ... Trade Certificates in several,
like Med Gas. Computer science, Plant Maintenance..
Work as Biomedical Engineer in Local hospital.
(maintaining, inventing,)
Life support Equipment.
PhDs in Psychology, Biblical History and Literature .. (just for interest)
Member British Horological Society ( I restore old clocks for a hobby, oh and classic/vintage cars)
Yes I am a Nerdy Geek !!
like Med Gas. Computer science, Plant Maintenance..
Work as Biomedical Engineer in Local hospital.
(maintaining, inventing,)
Life support Equipment.
PhDs in Psychology, Biblical History and Literature .. (just for interest)
Member British Horological Society ( I restore old clocks for a hobby, oh and classic/vintage cars)
Yes I am a Nerdy Geek !!
Daemon Sophic
Avatar in flux
Do you (or did you in the past) work in Alaska?
I agree with the @ScottySatan on this. Particulaly with the wide-ranging topics here in these forums. Also I agree with many of our informally educated RFers too. Even without such higher ed, it is a matter of depth of study, attention to detail, and ability to present cogent and decipherable references for your points in any discussion that arises.
That is why, along with many a charming and well placed gif,
I try to provide worthy references, and point out fallacies in the posts and/or references of those I intellectually joust with, regardless of the topic.
PS - While I have graduate and post-graduate training, as well as years of employment in certain aspects of human biology, I prefer not to discuss them in detail online.......at least until I retire.
I've a PhD in mathematics specializing in harmonic and functional analysis. I have also taken the PhD qualifying exams in physics with an interest in astrophysics and cosmology. I have also been an amateur astronomer with soe contributions to variable star observing.
A girl who knows math?PhD in applied mathematics. Field of specialization in differential geometry and topology.
Help physicists to get they math straight, sometimes. They still call the Dirac delta a function.
Poor losers
Ciao
- viole
Whooda thunk it!
Yes, and a blonde one, too. Amazing.
Here is another girl who was not so bad either
Emmy Noether - Wikipedia
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- viole