Hi Jim, thanks it is nice, I try to be nice, in belgium lol my friends told me I was too nice , but I am like this.I know Amrit Sorli , not personally but I know, I have seen on facebook he has published papers with a professor that I know and like , the professor Caligiuri from Italia.
I believe that a real searcher is a real searcher, professional or amateur, I have known professionals not relevant and others very relevant, and the same for the amateurs community. I think that the most important is the real sincerity to find answers to our deep unknowns and for this that needs a lot of studies in sciences and maths, and the generality too is essential , like the philosophy. I think too that when a searcher, thinker has worked hard and is sincere, he is recognised, not by the vanitious or others but by the real searchers too, a thing important too is the publications I think, I must do it, I must publish, it is maybe the only way to be taken seriously by the sciences community, the relevant one in all case.
FQXi I think makes a very good job because it is transparent, free when we respect the rules and we can learn a lot and share ideas.
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