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SuperD said:
Am I the only one that noticed this thread was created April 1st?

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johnm214 said:
Well, you or anyone else can feel free to suggest what you'd like: this thread will be a fine place for it. 

I'm now a moderator of this forum and figure the time has come for some tightening up of the requirements to post here.  We could make a rules thread, but I've started with letting folks know in the last two suspect youtube threads that a) posts must have some signifigant scientific discussion, not simply bare claims of miracles or suppression, and b) youtube threads will be shot on site unless they have obvious scientific merit/discussion c) illusionsofman is exempt from all rules and may continue to disprove the Pythagorean theorem every few months

Basically: if you want to talk about how the reptilians are hiding free energy from the world: go somewhere else, the conspiracy forum for example.  If you want to talk about the science of energy and why something can/ can not work, with actual reliance on scientific theory, this is the place. (Technology related threads are also fine)

Suggestions/Criticism are welcome

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Sounds good to me.  I'm not at all suggesting moderation with an Iron Fist, in fact, as I've stated before, I actually enjoy illusionsofman's posts among a couple of other posters with similar style.  I find them to be a sometimes entertaining side reel to the norm, and they certainly cause no real harm.  There is no other Science forum that I know of that is a subforum of a website such as the Shroomery, and the reason we all came here in first place was because we wanted more info on hallucinogenic mushrooms.  Some of us, myself included, no longer partake in such hobbies, but I tend to get along with other people who do still use psychedelics.

My point is that you cannot have an S&T board on a website devoted to psychedelic drugs and not expect (and even tolerate) some level of mysticism, philosophy, speculation, and basically neo-Aristotellian armchair science.  It's not my thing, but it's going to bleed in here, unless we want to be a bunch of Science-Nazi's and slash down anything that doesn't really fit the bill of what we consider "good science".

I agree that OP's should have legitimate content.  I also agree that because it is a science forum, OP's should be willing to defend, debate, or explain their ideas in a manner that resembles simple, forum etiquette and follow some sort of scientific reasoning.  Posts that clearly have no real content ( like this one or this one ) clearly lack any original content, are repetitive, resemble spam, and should have been locked a long time ago.

But we have to be careful about trying to decide what constitutes legitimate scientific discussion and what counts simply as mystical philosophy.  It seems pretty simple to me to tell the difference often enough, but I just don't think we should bring the the Red Terror down on anyone who mentions cold fusion or time travel.  As you said, as long as an OP is willing to debate a subject along the lines of scientific reasoning, pretty much anything is fair game.  You just might have to post the Scientific Method in the forum rules for reference

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SuperD said:
Am I the only one that noticed this thread was created April 1st?

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cortex said:
My point is that you cannot have an S&T board on a website devoted to psychedelic drugs and not expect (and even tolerate) some level of mysticism, philosophy, speculation, and basically neo-Aristotellian armchair science.  It's not my thing, but it's going to bleed in here, unless we want to be a bunch of Science-Nazi's and slash down anything that doesn't really fit the bill of what we consider "good science".

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SuperD said:
Am I the only one that noticed this thread was created April 1st?

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wow really?

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