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TheRealDeal®Science
Debates Site
...What
is this Site all About ... What is the Organizational,
Navigational, and the Map Structure of this Site...
How Can One Navigate Directly to the Different
Sections or Places of this Site ...How Can One Publish
here... What are the Publishing Policies and
Guidelines... and finally, What is the Legal and the
Copyright stuff for this Site...
Overview
of the Scope, Purpose and Role of the
RealDeal®
Science
Site
Years ago,
the Editor of the prestigious Physical Review
Letters, to console the young Ph.Ds in Physics whose
submitted papers were rejected, noted in an editorial,
perhaps half jokingly, that half of all papers published
in Physics journals proved to be worthless. The challenge
for us here, is to see if we can figure out which half it
is.
It is indeed
the scope and purpose of this science site to establish a
forum or an arena where --through Rational Thinking and
only Rational Thinking-- prevailing or popular scientific
ideas can be re-examined, debated, and ultimately
challenged through singular or devil's
advocate views. Beliefs, speculations, or analogies
of any sort have no place in the realm of arguments and
challenges to be presented here. Theories, arguments, and
challenges presented here are required to be logically
coherent and able to stand on their own "feet" and not
supported or held up by beliefs, speculations,
assumptions, presumptions, and/or analogies to
other things.
The purpose
for this challenge is twofold:
- one, if the
theory and the foundation of a particular theoretical
result can sustain the battery of challenges that it
faces, this will enhance and strengthen considerably its
position; and
- second, if on the other hand, the said scientific
theory or idea proves to be on a shaky foundation, this
will be exposed with clarity and vigor.
The role of
these debates, in the end, will be to strengthen science,
filtering, sorting, and separating sound, logically
coherent theories and results from those which contain
aberrations of logic, irrational elements, speculations,
and which lack a theoretical and logical foundation for
their existence.
For the
policy, style, and standards to be employed in publishing
here, please see, in addition, the section below entitled
"Publishing Here" as well as our dedicated page devoted
to this subject entitled Publication Policy which can be
accessed by clicking on the corresponding button below at
the end of this page.
Since
Science, as anything else, does not exist in a vacuum and
is influenced in some measure by Society which has to pay
the ultimate bill, as well as by the various religious
and cultural elements within which it must coexist, we
shall examine here these intricate relationships which
have been formed and, how Science has influenced and been
influenced by them.
Overview of the
Organizational Structure of
this Site.
Five (5)
major Subject-Fields form our Science
Site:
•
Physics;
•
Astronomy;
•
Chemistry;
•
Biology;
and
•
Philosophy of Science,
Nature, and Religion.
Each of these
five (5) Subject-Fields, in turn, are comprised of
eleven (11) subject-sections and a Hall of Fame site
as follows:
Two (2) Index sections, one by Subject, the other by
Author;
One (1) Special section entitled The
RealDeal® List (and Auxiliary List) of Most
Wanted Solutions;
Five (5) Core sections entitled,
1.
The RealDeal® Foundational
Inquiries;
2.
The RealDeal® Theoretical
Studies;
3.
The RealDeal® Discovery
Reports;
4.
The RealDeal® Focus Line:
Science vs. Society, Religion; and
5.
The RealDeal® Historical
Scrutinies;
and
Three (3) Forum sections entitled,
- The
RealDeal® Forum Letters; - The
RealDeal® Forum Chat Rooms; and - The
RealDeal® Forum Workshops.
Each of the
five (5) Subject-Fields and each of the
eleven (11) Subject-Sections plus The Hall of Fame
have corresponding HomePages. A HomePage site is defined
as a site from where all other related pages or sites to
that Field or Section can be accessed. From the HomePage
of a Field (Physics, Astronomy, and so on), we can access
to all eleven (11) sections plus the Hall of Fame
sites with respect to that Field. From a HomePage of a
Section (The Hall of Fame,The List, Foundational
Inquiries, and so on), we can access to all five (5)
Subject-Fields corresponding to that Section. Each
HomePage site has in its heading a Navigational Bar from
where you can access to all the pages and sites
associated to that HomePage.
All HomePage
sites are accessed from our FrontPage science site
entitled The RealDeal® Science Forum of
Debates. (From anywhere in our science pages, you always
can come back to our FrontPage science site by clicking
on The Front Door button available at the beginning and
the end of each page.) ·
To access the HomePages of any of the five (5)
Subject-Fields, you simply click on the respective Field
(Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology, Philosophy) from
the main Navigational Bar located in the heading of our
FrontPage science site. ·
To access the HomePages of any of the eleven (11)
Subject-Sections, you simply click on the Icon-button
associated with each Section located at the left side of
the Section's Title.
As the title
of our FrontPage science site may reveal, the central and
underlying theme of this entire science site is focused
on debating issues. Each Core Section (as identified
above) and each Subject-Field of this publication has
dedicated portions and pages devoted to the Issues for
Debates. In fact, almost everything published here is in
response to a particular issue posted for debates.
Because of this, the Issues for Debates can be viewed as
the engine of this entire science site as these issues
will continuously determine the direction, the course,
and the force of movement, evolution and growth that this
site shall experience. ·
A HomePage site for the Issues for Debates was created
which you can enter into by clicking on the corresponding
button located in the upper part of our FrontPage science
site. Once you are in the Issues for Debates' HomePage,
you can access to all Issues for Debates placed in
various pages within this publication, both with respect
to the five (5) Subject-Fields and with respect to
the five (5) Core Sections listed above. All of this
is accessed through two (2) corresponding
Navigational Bars located in the heading of the Issues
for Debates' HomePage. ·
When an Issue for Debates affects all Subject-Fields, it
shall be placed into the HomePage of one of the Core
Section sites according to the type of issue involved.
For instance, if the said issue is of a historical nature
affecting all fields --it shall be placed into the
HomePage of the Historical Scrutinities section, if it is
of a foundational nature affecting again all fields--it
shall be placed into the HomePage of Foundational
Inquiries, and so on. However, when an Issue for Debates
from a Core Section (say, again Foundational Inquiries)
refers to only one Field, say Biology, it shall be placed
into the corresponding page covering the Foundational
Inquiries for Biology only.
To summarize,
you can explore our science sites in three (3)
different ways:
- by
Field,
- by
Section, and
- by
Issues for Debates.
Indeed, as
noted above you can enter directly into any of the
five (5) Fields of our publication by pressing on
the corresponding Field from the main Navigational Bar of
our FrontPage science site. You can also visit our
science sites by choosing a Section and clicking on the
appropriate Icon-button representing that Section or by
clicking on a particular Field from the corresponding
Navigational Bar of the said Section. Finally, as
discussed above, a third way of exploring our science
sites is through our Issues for Debates venue. For many,
this third way will be the preferred way of exploring our
science sites. If none of the issues presented for
debates bears any interest, then there is no point to
continue with your journey here except perhaps to post
your suggested Issue for Debates in our Forum Letters. If
on the other hand, you are interested in one or more
issues presented for debates, then you can go quickly to
everything published in our science sites with respect to
each issue of interest covered in our Core
Sections.
At any step
of your journey you can switch from a passive traveler to
an active participant, by suggesting new issues for
debates to be considered or by expressing your views on
the various topics and subjects covered here, and we
hope, indeed, to welcome you into our large family of
participants.
Finally, you
are noticing on the left column of this page, pictures of
some illustrious scientists from the past covering all
fields of Natural Sciences and Philosophy. When this site
becomes fully operational, when clicking on any of the
picture here, you will be directed to the respective
biographical article part of our Hall of Fame Historical
Biographies. (For more information, check out our Hall of
Fame stite which can be accessed from a number of places
including our Science's Front Page. Also, in this regard,
you may want to check the HomePage of our Historical
Scrutinies section.)
Publishing
Your Work Here
As noted
above, all published articles are in response to an Issue
for Debates posted in our site. The very first article to
be published in response to a posted Issue for Debate
shall have as its purpose and scope, whenever possible or
feasible, to stir the subject at hand by inciting and
challenging the established or prevailing theory or view
and when necessary carrying the devil's advocate point of
view. When no prevailing viewpoint or theory exists with
respect to a particular subject for debate, the said very
first article shall have the same scope and purpose
namely to stir the interest in the subject at hand by
presenting its daring point of view. For a lack of a
better term, this very first article is called the
I n i t i a l
S t i r r i n g
article. Following this article, the next article to be
published with respect to the issue at hand is an article
designed to annihilate, demolish, and freeze in its
tracks the Initial Stirring article published, and
whenever possible or feasible, to present the subject of
discussion through a different light and perspective
&endash;&endash;that provided by the majority or the
prevailing view. Again for a lack of a better term, this
first counter article shall be called the
I n i t i a l
C o u n t e r i n g
article. As stated, the principal purpose and scope of an
Initial Countering article is to annihilate, demolish and
freeze in its tracks the Initial Stirring article. These
two (2) initial articles, the Stirring and the
Countering articles, shall form the foundation for all
debates to follow with respect to the issue at hand.
Because of this, these initial articles are referred also
as the ground-level articles as they define the
groundwork for the respective debate to follow.
Any articles to follow up in response to the
ground-level, initial articles are called Debating
articles. We will have numbered rounds of debates,
Round 1 of debate, Round 2 of debate, etc., up
to and including Round 5. No Issue for Debates shall
be sustained for more than five (5) rounds. If an
Issue for Debates reaches the five (5) rounds limit
with outstanding lingering problems still persisting,
then those outstanding problems shall be grouped and
articulated as needed and placed, as a unit, into our
List or Auxiliary List of Most Wanted Solutions following
this criteria: if the Issue of Debates in question is
from our Foundational Inquiries it shall be placed in the
List, if not (i.e., if it is from Theoretical Studies,
Discovery Reports, Focus Line, or Historical Scrutinies)
it shall be placed into the Auxiliary List. A notable
exception to this rule may apply to certain issues
derived from the Theoretical Studies section, if it
appears that those issues can transcend into other
subjects or fields of studies, and thus, in a sense can
be considered as fundamental. Theory of Gravity, for
instance, is such an example.
An Issue for
Debates, may not need to wait five (5) rounds of
debates before it can be posted in the List or Auxiliary
List of Most Wanted Solution, if it appears that no
answers currently exist with respect to the said issue or
that the irreconcilable viewpoints presented cannot be
shaken from their respective grounds. In such a
situation, an Issue for Debates posted shall be moved to
the List or Auxiliary List of Most Wanted Solutions.
Once placed in The List or Auxiliary List, an Issue for
Debates shall be elevated and considered to be
extraordinary both in its depth and in its importance for
the subject at hand. An Issue in the List or Auxiliary
List indicates first and foremost that it needs to be
handled and approached radically different than it was
handled before, and that in all likelihood will need the
attention of a new generation of scholars.
When someone
is interested in opening an Issue from the List or
Auxiliary List either to suggest a new approach or to
present the solution itself, a written Application to
Open the List (or the Auxiliary List) needs to be
submitted outlining the exact nature and reasoning for
seeking the opening of the Issue at hand. Should such an
Application be weak in its arguments presented it
shall be rejected with or without comment. Should, on the
other hand, the Application appear to have merit,
it shall be accepted and the author(s) be notified
accordingly forthwith. Upon receiving such notification,
the author (or authors) needs (or need) to submit as soon
as possible the article in support of the
Application dealing with the solution or the
proposed new approach to the issue at hand. If the
submitted article appears to back up the Application
to Open The List or The Auxiliary List, then both
these two (2) papers shall be published
simultaneously in T h e
H a l l o f
F a m e
F o r u m o f
D e b a t e s
associated with the respective Field (Physics, Astronomy,
etc.) to which the issue in question belongs. A mandatory
one (1) year stay shall be imposed on each and every
Issue entering the Hall of Fame Forum. During this time
the respective Issue may be subjected to selected
critical reviews. At the end of the year, we shall
publish a document entitled Report on the State of the
Issue where we shall review the status of the issue
in question in relationship to the critical reviews
received over the past year.
If no serious
opposition was able to be mounted, the Issue shall be
removed from the List or Auxiliary List and placed into
The Hall of Fame of Most Wanted Solutions. The name, if
not anonymous, of the author(s) submitting the solution
to the Issue at hand shall be placed in our
H a l l o f
F a m e
L i s t o f
L a u r e a t e s
and they will receive our highest merit award entitled
T h e
R e a l D e a l
C i t a t i o n
o f H i g h
M e r i t
a n d
E x c e p t i o n a l
D i s t i n c t i o n .
Should, on
the other hand, over the past year credible opposition
was able to be mounted, this will be noted in our stated
Report on the State of the Issue and, at that time one of
these two (2) actions can be taken: either the
solution offered shall be dismissed, or the said issue
shall extend its stay for another two (2) years of
scrutiny in the Hall of Fame Forum of Debates. At the end
of the 2-year extension time, we shall issue a new report
entitled The 2nd Report on the State of the Issue.
Should lingering questions still persist with respect
to the solution provided and, if needed, modified, then
the said solution --in its latest form of presentation
will be dismissed. Should, on the other hand, the
lingering problems and objections with respect to the
solution at hand no longer pose a credible challenge, the
said solution will finally enter into the
H a l l o f
F a m e
S o l u t i o n s
and its author(s) shall receive our highest
achievement award -- T h e
R e a l D e a l
C i t a t i o n
o f H i g h
M e r i t
a n d
E x c e p t i o n a l
D i s t i n c t i o n .
All matters
related to publishing here are described in our page
entitled "Publication Policy" which can be accessed by
clicking on the button below or on the corresponding
button from the FrontPage. As noted there, you can
publish here either anonymously or with your real name.
If anonymity is requested, this shall be respected and
protected with stringency and a special ID code shall be
assigned. Upon request, an anonymous author, at any time,
can reveal his or her identity. With the exception of The
Discovery Reports section, and, in rare occasions, of The
Forum Letters section, only material that relates to a
particular issue of debates shall be published
herein.
Metaphoric
"explanations" are outside the form of presentation
within this publication, and they, as a matter of policy,
shall have no place of coexisting with any reasoning or
inference to be advanced in describing or explaining a
physical phenomenon. All theories to be advanced within
this publication must be based on sound logical
inferences generated within the field or subject at hand
and not be associated with results obtained from studies
of other subjects or fields. In other words, we conclude
by stressing again that the theory or the subject of
discussion must be able to stand on its own feet and not
be supported by various comparisons, analogies, and
metaphoric descriptions derived from other phenomena or
subjects of studies.
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