Re: psychoceramics: Structural Model Of Personality (fwd)

[acb @ cs.monash.edu.au (Andrew C. Bulhak)]

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Subject: Re: psychoceramics: Structural Model Of Personality

George Hammond, he of the Cartesian Universe, is well known. 
There is a page on him in the Kooks Museum 
(http://www.teleport.com/~dkossy/hammond.html). 
Now I see he's on the Net...

[p--@c--.ed.ac.uk]
> 
> [Starts off looking pretty rational, then goes into a mega-rant about
> funding for scientists, then goes further and further off the rails as
> we proceed, "proving" some pretty exciting religious truths. BTW, is
> there a psychoceramics archive?]. 
> 
> p--@u--.ccsnet.com writes in
> sci.psychology.theory,comp.ai.philosophy:
> 
> >GEORGE HAMMOND    email  p--@u--.ccsnet.com
> >
> >
> >March 16, 1996
> >
> >Dear Tyler Best:
> >
> >  On March 14 you wrote in response to the statement "the
> >shortest distance between two points is a straight line" the
> >statement"
> >
> >"...the shortest distance between two points in a curved universe
> >such as the one we live in, is not a straight line but a curved
> >one.  Therefore while this may be an established idea it is not
> >the truth."
> >
> >  Well, I'm beginning to appreciate the attitude of people like
> >you, but let me show you what you're up against if you are eager
> >to challenge established science:  In generalized geometry a
> >"straight line" is defined as a "geodesic" (a coordinate axis, or
> >a line parallel to a coordinate axis) in the space.  This is
> >identical with the term "line of sight" in any space relating to
> >physical reality (e.g. Cartesian, Riemannian, Euclidian spaces).
> >  It is AXIOMATICALLY true (irregardless of whether the space is
> >"flat" or "curved") that a "straight line", so defined, is the
> >shortest distance between two points.  Therefore, your statement
> >that: "while this may be an established idea it is not the truth"
> >would be cut to ribbons in a general scientific court as a
> >"trivial snap at the monumental edifice of established science".
> >  Now, having said that, let me state here for the record, that I
> >am in complete sympathy with your mistrust and obvious
> >frustration at established science.  That the current
> >establishment is preventing dedicated, energetic and able people
> >from obtaining jobs and funding, while the field is riddled with
> >effete or swaggering braggarts of little dedication or
> >achievement and even less motivation, desperation or vision is
> >plainly apparent.  Look at the results, the space shuttle blows
> >up, the Hubble telescope mirror is ground to the wrong curve (a
> >billion dollar mistake), 2 billion is wasted on a cancelled Texas
> >Super Collider, every half baked theoretical idea (string theory,
> >black hole cosmology etc. etc.) is filling the email, Fax
> >machines and journals, while the human population staggers under
> >the burden of an impending energy crisis, population explosion
> >and ecological nightmare.  I have never liked activism, but I am
> >being forced to it, and I am beginning to understand the attitude
> >of people like you and many others.  In fact, I'm afraid that I
> >am being de facto forced to take an adversary stance to
> >established science myself.
> >  Now, you're not going to believe this, but, I would like to
> >propose a plan, a revolutionary plan for scientific psychology. 
> >The situation is desperate and I'm now proposing a desperate
> >plan. I'm  proposing that we literally storm the palace of
> >established science!
> >  What am I talking about?  I'm talking about jobs and funding-
> >money for psychology research programs, better pay, new
> >buildings, decent salaries for thousands or researchers in
> >psychology.  Why should "Big Physics" be squandering billions on
> >failed telescopes and abandoned super colliders when psychology
> >lives on welfare.  This, when the problem clearly is no longer
> >outer space- its inner space!  Why should a guy like Hemp
> >(L.K.Hempfling see ENTICY1 posting) be spending his last dime to
> >keep a psychology research company running, with his Internet
> >account overdue, the phone about to be shut off and the rented
> >computer repossed.. when thousands of government and university
> >offices have billions of dollars worth of this stuff being used
> >to send chit chat back and forth all over the world.  a serious
> >scientist deprived of basic necessities.  Why should I be living
> >on a welfare check in a homeless shelter discovering the long
> >lost Structural Model of Personality while mindless people living
> >on billion dollar NIH grants drive by me in 20,000 automobiles
> >talking to their girlfriends on cellular telephones.  Give me a
> >break!!!!
> >  O.K., whats the plan.  Well, the plan is that you have to beat
> >them at their own game, and I ("we") have done it.  Living for 15
> >years on welfare and working 16 hours a day, I've discovered the
> >theoretical physics key to the Structural Model.  Oh, its real
> >alright- I've published it in the refereed international
> >literature and even been invited by the chairman of the committee
> >on foreign relations for the APA to speak for 30 minutes at the
> >XXVIth International Congress of Psychology in Montreal this
> >July.  But they don't really know what it is, and I'm not even
> >convinced that they care.
> >  Oxford University had me thrown off the NEUROPSYCH discussion
> >group after I told one of their Oxford Dons he wasn't qualified
> >to criticize the theory (which he isn't).  21 journals turned the
> >discovery down, including Hans Eysenck himself, before I got it
> >published.  The thing is- they are not desperate or ambitious
> >enough to WANT to find the Structural Model, that's why they
> >can't believe its been found.  But let me tell, there are several
> >billion OTHER people that are desperate and ambitious and want
> >the theory found and delivered, and they don't care how its done,
> >where it comes from, or who does it.
> >  Now I've found it (see http://www.ccsnet.com/prep for copies of
> >my published papers) and this is the scientific equivalent of
> >sitting in a poker game and realizing that you've been dealt a
> >royal straight flush in spades on the first deal.  You can't be
> >called.
> >  Now what do we have to offer 5 billion desperate and frustrated
> >people.  What does this discovery mean for them?  Well, get
> >ready, because I'm going to tell you, and you're going to have a
> >hard time believing it.  It turns out that the Structural Model
> >ORIGINATES in the Cartesian Structure of the human body (and
> >hence brain).  Yes, that's it in a nutshell, that's my discovery. 
> >Believe it or not, science has been 2,500 years finding that out,
> >and yours truly, George Hammond, is the one who finally
> >discovered it.
> >  Now, what does it mean for an angry, frustrated and desperate
> >public, not to mention struggling psychology personnel- well, it
> >means nothing less than a BONANZA!  If you read my papers, you
> >will see that the discovery of the Structural Model "proves" the
> >Bicameral/2-Party system.  Right away, there goes Communism (the
> >one party system).  This spells the end of the nuclear arms race
> >and virtual world demilitarization!  Second, it proves that the
> >Cross of Christianity IS the cartesian coordinate system of human
> >personality structure (i.e. the 4-gospel canon IS the 4 way
> >personality structure of the E-N plane).  This one realizes, is
> >the first scientific proof of a major element of religion in the
> >history of the world!  Moreover, by putting the Christian Canon
> >on a scientific basis, we remove the weapon of antisemitism from
> >the reach of the misguided.  Nothing less than a complete
> >overhaul of Christianity as we know it, will occur.  Furthermore,
> >a world ecumenical unification of the worlds religions will
> >ensue, because the 4-gospel canon is axiomatic and exists in all
> >religions (the 4-vedic books for instance).  A half a billion
> >Hindiis will be liberated from 3,000 years of bondage in the
> >Caste system when it is realize that the 4-Varnas (Castes) are
> >nothing but an Indian version of the BI/2P system.
> >  So, O.K., we've got the superweapon.  We've got the discovery
> >and the theory that 5 billion people are waiting for to alter the
> >course of history, reform governments, unite peoples and
> >religions, secure world peace and disarmament, and effect the
> >largest human mobilization of effort known in the history of the
> >world- to solve the energy crisis, bring the population explosion
> >under control, and save the world ecology.  What do we do about
> >it?
> >  The first thing is to seek out people like you and me and Hemp
> >and dozens, hundreds, even thousands of others in the psychology
> >field who are chafing under the pressure of "downsizing", "budget
> >cuts" lack of opportunity and convince them that a discovery has
> >been made that is going to propel Psychology into the world
> >limelight (rivaling Physics even).  A discovery that is going to
> >mean billions in government funding for Psychology research,
> >opportunity, advancement, progress, action!!!  That's what we've
> >got to do.  And when its all over, we'll be giving the orders in
> >Psychology, we'll be handing out the money, we'll be directing
> >the research, we'll be doing the hiring and firing- not them!     
> >  Are you with me!
> >
> >George Hammond
> >
> >PS: The reason I originally got on this discussion is that the Cartesian 
> >Theory is an "axiomatic" discovery, thus claims to convert Psychology from an 
> >empirical "soft science" into an axiomatic "hard science".
> 
> 
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