Re: Evidence for "Big Bang Theory"

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In message <27APR199513444173@jane.uh.edu> - st26h@jane.uh.edu (JAMES BENTHALL)
writes:
>...
>
>Well, I know of at least one US astronomer that was "harmed" in the sense
>that he was persecuted and denied his livelihood for attacking the Big
>Bang theory--Halton Arp. As a result of his continuing to look,and find,
>inconsistencies with cosmological redshifts (mostly quasars) he was finally
>denied telescope time. (I believe at UC Berkeley?) Whereupon, he quit in
>disgust and moved to Germany (at Max-Planck?).
>
>The West has more subtle ways of handling nonconformists...deny telescope
>time, deny funding, etc.
>

Yes. That's the point, isn't it? Arp is alive and
publishing, no? In general moving to Germany is very substantially better
(at least since 1950 or so) than moving to Siberia or a grave.

Dan Drake (former biologist, non-believer that slave labor is a good
dandrake@nbn.com research tool for genetics)

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