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2007-01-28 India-Pakistan

Pak Scientist claims creating new theory about universe

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Posted by john 2007-01-28 17:48|| || Front Page|| [13 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 but there is another force Repulsion

Theory of Pakistan in a nutshell.

Posted by Stephen Hawking 2007-01-28 18:08|| 2007-01-28 18:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Saifullah has supported his theory with some graphs, images and formulas

Well that settles it then. What more proof do you need?

Posted by markawarka 2007-01-28 18:15|| 2007-01-28 18:15|| Front Page Top

#3 demanded of the President of Pakistan and Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) to forward his research to International Institutes of Astronomy and Astrology for evaluation.

Dope plagarizes dark energy and demands evaluation by Astrologers. A sure sign of pseudoscience: the theory explains everything (from 'twisters' to twistors).

The origin may be in solid, liquid or gas, however, the solid has extreme possibility, also liquid somewhere, as well as combine both solid and liquid state, during that stage of its conversion into matter.

Ah, it's getting clearer now. Do go on.

Posted by KBK 2007-01-28 18:21|| 2007-01-28 18:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Reforming Our Universities
by Pervez Hoodbhoy

Pakistan has almost a hundred universities now. Not one of them is world class. Truth be told, not even one of them is a real university.
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The teaching at QAU is no better. Rote learning is common, students are not encouraged to ask questions in class, and courses are rarely completed by the end of the semester. This university has three mosques but no bookstore. It is becoming more like a madressah in other ways too.
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The HEC's "generosity" extends even into largely illiterate tribal areas. There are so-called universities now in Malakand, Bannu, Kohat, Khuzdar, Gujrat, Haripur, and in many other places where it is difficult to detect the slightest potential for successfully establishing modern universities.
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Another poorly thought-out, and dangerous, HEC scheme involves giving massive cash awards to university teachers for publishing research papers - Rs 60,000 per paper published in a foreign journal.
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Established practices of plagiarizing papers, multiple publications of slightly different versions of the same paper in different research journals, fabricating scientific data, and seeking out third-rate foreign journals with only token referees are now even more common. The HEC has broadcast the message: corruption pays!
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The casual disregard for quality is most obvious in the HEC's massive PhD production programme. This involves enrolling 1,000 students in Pakistani universities every year for PhD degrees.
Thereby Pakistan's "PhD deficit" (it produces less than 50 PhDs per annum at present) will supposedly be solved and it will soon be at par with India. In consequence, an army of largely incapable and ignorant students, armed with hefty HEC fellowships, has sallied forth to write PhD theses.
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Although the HEC claims that it has checked the students through a "GRE type test" (the American graduate school admission test), a glance at the question papers reveals it to be only a shoddy literacy and numeric test.
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In my department, advertised as the best physics department in the country, the average PhD student now has trouble with high-school level physics and even with reading English.

Posted by john 2007-01-28 18:26|| 2007-01-28 18:26|| Front Page Top

#5 man,John, you're making me ~~more~~ cynical about the Pak system!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-01-28 18:40|| 2007-01-28 18:40|| Front Page Top

#6 "The theory also mentions the exploring challenging mysteries of universe like twisters, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tides, tsunami and orbits. It also tells about gravitational forces and how the masses, stars, galaxies, cluster and dark matter swim in the universe."

I got a better idea: how about you ignorant 7th-century throwbacks work on perfecting the wooden cartwheel first, before you start dabbling in cosmology?

"Challenging mysteries of the universe", my aching, hairy white ass...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-01-28 18:44|| 2007-01-28 18:44|| Front Page Top

#7 More from Hoodbhoy on Islamic Science in Pakistan during the rule of General Zia Ul Haq...

Scientists began to write and discuss scientific papers on such topics as the angle of God, the temperature of Hell, or the latent energy of jinns. One university professor of physics wrote a paper on the speed at which Heaven was departing from Earth. A nuclear reactor scientist argued that jinns were made up of methane gas and proposed that jinn energy may be tapped to meet Pakistan's energy requirements.

Posted by john 2007-01-28 18:45|| 2007-01-28 18:45|| Front Page Top

#8 surprised the Ford Foundation or the John D & Catherine T MacArthur foundation hasn't heard of them. They need AlGore as their front man

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-01-28 19:17|| 2007-01-28 19:17|| Front Page Top

#9 #7: "Scientists began to write and discuss scientific papers on such topics as the angle of God, the temperature of Hell, or the latent energy of jinns. One university professor of physics wrote a paper on the speed at which Heaven was departing from Earth. A nuclear reactor scientist argued that jinns were made up of methane gas and proposed that jinn energy may be tapped to meet Pakistan's energy requirements."

Holy sh*t.

The mind reels. Boggle.

I wondered who did the "scientific" research for the "Weekly World News"....

Add "islamic science" to the growing list of oxymorons - with the emphasis on MORON.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-28 19:32|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-01-28 19:32|| Front Page Top

#10 It's not even original nuttery. One of my college profs had his own personal theory of what matter's made of that "predicted" particles with negative mass. Not anti-matter; something completely different.

Regular mass would be repelled from negative mass; negative mass would be attracted to regular mass. Very odd idea.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-01-28 19:36|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-01-28 19:36|| Front Page Top

#11 The only comment I have on his claim is:
"Right...."
Back to work...

Posted by 3dc 2007-01-28 19:38|| 2007-01-28 19:38|| Front Page Top

#12 A young scientist, who claimed creating a new theory regarding the universe, has demanded of the President of Pakistan and Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) to forward his research to International Institutes of Astronomy and Astrology for evaluation.

Whatever happened to writting a paper & sending it to a professional journal?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-28 19:41|| 2007-01-28 19:41|| Front Page Top

#13 A nuclear reactor scientist argued that jinns were made up of methane gas and proposed that jinn energy may be tapped to meet Pakistan's energy requirements.

This is the guy who went to Afghanistan and advised Osama about building dirty nuclear devices. AFAIK, he is still wanted by the US.
Pak is hiding him in Burma.

Posted by john 2007-01-28 20:01|| 2007-01-28 20:01|| Front Page Top

#14 At least the 'demand' part is a constant islamic conclusion. The evaluation of which will naturally create humiliation which then creates seething and of course the fifth force, Ratqan, will then start eye rolling and riots. It's all clear now. It's another Khan job.

Posted by Phineter Thraviger 2007-01-28 21:27|| 2007-01-28 21:27|| Front Page Top

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