May 23, 2011
Self-critical Assessment of My Armageddon-preventing Results – to be Read Before the American Congress
Posted by Otto E. Rössler in categories: existential risks, particle physics
Moderate climate critic Richard A. Muller emphasized before the American Congress that a fair presentation of any warning-type scientific results presupposes a fair treatment of the stance of the skeptical majority. I therefore herewith present my Armageddon scenario (of 8 percent within perhaps 5 years) to the American Congress in the requisite, maximally vulnerable manner; in 4 points.
Point # 1 – lack of publication in refereed journals –
Correct. My seminal paper of 2007 remains unprinted – even though it was accepted for publication by a refereed journal. The reason: the journal got closed down. Although it was re-opened recently under its old name, its scope was reduced so as to no longer cover theoretical physics. The journal’s name: “Chaos, Solitons and Fractals.”
Point # 2 – alleged falsity of my first major result –