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Originally Posted by biker1
If someone is going to diss scientists without any references, data, etc. then I think it is fair game to find out if they actually ever did any science. Hence, the question. For example, I have read a few books on M-theory. I now know enough to know that I actually know nothing about M- theory. If I come on this forum and start talking smack about Brian Greene and M-theory, I don’t think it is unreasonable for someone to ask if I actually have any real knowledge about M-theory. Unless you actually worked on M-theory it is not likely that you would have a deep understanding. Full disclosure: I’m a retired research meteorologist and I worked at NASA and the National Weather Service developing research and operational atmospheric computer models. I am not aware of any retracted papers in the peer reviewed journals that I published in.
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Great! Your work, along with others, is what I learn from. Wanting to know if one has practical experience in a field or just educational information makes sense as you express it here here. My issue was with the request for, depending upon what one may have been doing, personal or privileged information. I perceived that your request was inappropriate and irrelevant.