ajb Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 viXra.org is an "alternative" to arXiv.org intended for those who do not like the restrictions imposed on the arXiv. It seems to me so far to be full of "non-mainstream " physics. There are even names on it that we have seen here! Is such a website useful? Is it in fact harmful? Remember that in reality the arXiv does not reject many papers. One critique of the arXiv is that it does not reject enough, if you have a mainstream point of view. If you are more on the fringe you may disagree. My personal view is that it is not needed and could be detrimental to science. Have a look at the institute of physics news report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 viXra.org is an "alternative" to arXiv.org intended for those who do not like the restrictions imposed on the arXiv. It seems to me so far to be full of "non-mainstream " physics. There are even names on it that we have seen here! Is such a website useful? Is it in fact harmful? Remember that in reality the arXiv does not reject many papers. One critique of the arXiv is that it does not reject enough, if you have a mainstream point of view. If you are more on the fringe you may disagree. My personal view is that it is not needed and could be detrimental to science. Have a look at the institute of physics news report. It can't be as bad as Conservapedia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 It can't be as bad as Conservapedia. I hope not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I hope it's not going to be touted as "peer review" by hordes of crackpots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 I don't think anyone can say that it is peer review, but then neither is the arXiv although there are some restrictions. What we would not like is people to hold viXra on par with the arXiv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 ViXra has "239 e-prints in Science and Mathematics" according to the front page. It has also been brought to my attention SPIRES includes preprints form ViXra. Maybe the HEP community is taking this site seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 "An alternative archive of 356 e-prints in Science and Mathematics serving the whole scientific community" Anyone been keeping an eye on it? My general feeling is that it contains plenty of rubbish. This makes it difficult to take any possibly better work very seriously. This is the cost of complete freedom. Lets have a look at an abstract. A String Theorist Meets the Fisherman's Son Authors: David Martin Degner The last lines of his abstract "My theory can be understood by everyone over the age of ten or twelve and at a deep level by all adults. My theory makes common sense and is intuitively pleasing and self-evident." How wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Jeusus Christ is now placing papers here. http://www.vixra.org/author/V__Christianto "An alternative archive of 393 e-prints in Science and Mathematics serving the whole scientific community" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Jeusus Christ is now placing papers here.It's probably not the guy you're thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 You know I think it is, LOL. Notes on Utility: Some Factors Which Contribute to Individual Achievement and Plausible Relation to Welfare Authors: V. Christianto Abstract: We love you all nations, but time is very limited. Be hurry, be hurry to repent and receive Me, Jesus Christ. Me will come again very very soon, and you should know that it is good not for your health to do not repent and do not receive Me, Jesus Christ. This paper describes a simple experiment in order to redefine utility term from the viewpoint of experimenter. We discuss how individual achievement can be broken down into a number of factors. We consider a number of factors which can be verified experimentally, and that's why this paper is original and new in nature. A discussion of implications of these factors for economics study is given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilG Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Why would the presence of "rubbish" make it difficult to take other work on the site seriously? It is just an e-print archive, not an editted journal. The same situation exists on arXiv.org and there are plenty of controversial papers there. In fact since arXiv.org is moderated it should be more of a concern that crazy articles can appear there. Try these for example Does God So Love the Multiverse? http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0246 Test of Influence from Future in Large Hadron Collider; A Proposal http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 As a rule, if a paper gets moved from one of the specific subject areas to general physics then it is usually of little worth. I would take it as an insult myself. So, yes there is some rubbish on the arXiv especially in the gen-phy section however I think that for quite an open archive there is surprisingly little. Mathematics generally fairs better and their are far less "quack papers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Anyone considered trolling them with an intentionally fake-as-possible paper full of indecipherable language and see if they accept it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 It is the stated purpose of viXra to accept all reasonable submissions of scientific papers. However we reserve the right to reject or withdraw papers and we are likely to do so if we become aware of the following: * Vulgarity * Racism * Potential libel * Plagiarism * Misleading information that could be dangerous * Commercial Marketing Hype * Copyright violation * Multiple submissions of essentailly the same work We do not accept works of art, literature, journalism or similar categories that have no scientific content. Some real junk has got through, feel free to try it yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Anyone considered trolling them with an intentionally fake-as-possible paper full of indecipherable language and see if they accept it?I say a collaborative effort would be in order. A Unified Application of String Theory to Pre-Cellular Rotoplexes in Retrograde Fourier Acids Abstract: In this paper we prove that... Anyone want to continue a la exquisite corpse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 We must mention the flux capacitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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