RE: [escepticos] La carta, tal cual ha sido enviada

[Luis Alfonso Gámez <LAGAMEZ@...>]

Felicidades, Adela, por la iniciativa. Ahora, sólo queda esperar...

Luis Alfonso

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: owner-escepticos en dis.ulpgc.es
> [mailto:owner-escepticos en dis.ulpgc.es]En nombre de
> torresad en science.oregonstate.edu
> Enviado el: lunes, 29 de septiembre de 2003 22:05
> Para: escepticos en dis.ulpgc.es
> Asunto: [escepticos] La carta, tal cual ha sido enviada
>
>
> Esta es la carta enviada a SA, junto con todas las firmas
> recogidas hasta el
> cierre del plazo.
>
> Dos personas más han enviado sus nombres después de enviarse la carta. Mis
> disculpas a ambos por no haber podido entrar a formar parte de la
> lista. Si es
> necesario, podemos enviar una lista actualizada, pero de momento, y hasta
> recibir respuesta, mejor no dar demasiado la tabarra.
>
> ------Carta------
>
> Dear Sir ?
>
> In the September 2003 issue of the Spanish edition of Scientific American
> ("Investigación y Ciencia") there is an article titled "Estimulación de la
> germinación y el crecimiento por exposición a campos magnéticos"
> ("Stimulation
> of germination and growth by exposure to magnetic fields",)
> signed by Elvira
> Martínez, Mª Victoria Carbonell and Mercedes Flórez, which
> happens to be the
> most flagrant show of pseudoscience we have seen in a long time.
> It was a sad
> shock finding it in your otherwise excellent publication.
>
> The article states that the physical and chemical properties of
> water change
> significantly by its exposure to a magnetic field (pp. 26, 28).
> This statement
> is, as best, on shaky scientific grounds; no conclusive results have been
> published on this issue, and yet, it is used as a valid premise
> for some of the
> experiments, rendering them scientifically unsound. It would be tedious to
> enumerate and analyze all the other flaws in the article in this
> letter, so we
> offer this one example as a sample of what you can find in it.
>
> Scientific American, and its sister, "Investigación y Ciencia",
> are wonderful
> tools to approach science to a non-specialized public, and it's
> therefore even
> more distressing to find out that the Spanish edition standards
> for accepting
> articles have fallen so much below the bare minimum required to offer an
> honest, thorough view of the research panorama in Spain and
> around the world.
>
> We have contacted the Spanish editors, but have not received a
> satisfactory
> answer. We turn to you in the hope that such a slip will be avoided in the
> future, allowing us to keep on enjoying your excellent magazine,
> as we have
> been doing for so many years.
>
> Respectfully,
>
>  1. Adela Torres - Molecular Biologist
>  2. Luis Alfonso Gámez - Journalist
>  3. José Mª Bello - Archaeologist
>  4. Javier Armentia - Astrophysicist
>  5. Manuel López - Computer Engineer
>  6. Inés Rodríguez - Astrophysicist
>  7. Eloy Anguiano Rey - Physics PhD, Computer Scientist
>  8. Alfredo Reino Romero - Engineer
>  9. Rubén Villoria - Infographist
> 10. Javier de la Torre Cubillo - Computer Engineer
> 11. Manuel de Frutos Martín - Computer Engineer
> 12. Josep Català - Biology PhD, Chemical Engineer
> 13. Fernando Gimeno - Engineer,  University of Zaragoza
> 14. Fernando L. Frías Sánchez - Lawyer
> 15. Jesús Cancillo Salas - M.D.,  University of Alicante.
> 16. Miguel Angel Martínez Estremera - Chemist
> 17. Francisco Ceprián Gómez - Senior student (Chemistry)
> 18. Julio Plaza del Olmo - Physicist
> 19. Arturo Ríos - Basque Government Administration
> 20. Xosé Castro Roig - Translator
> 21. Ignacio Planas Beamonte - Programmer
> 22. Carlos Lobo Cartón - Civil Engineer
> 23. Felipe Martínez - Biologist
> 24. Antonio Almagro - High School Teacher
> 25. Enrique Reyes - Physicist
> 26. Antonio Rodríguez Sierra - Environmental Biologist
> 27. Rodolfo del Moral - Physicist
> 28. Miguel Navarro Máñez - Lawyer
> 29. Pau Garcia i Quiles - Telecommunications Engineer
> 30. Oscar Vives - Computer Arts
> 31. Lluís Pérez Lozano - Sociology Student
> 32. Ernesto Carmena Riesco - Biologist
> 33. Jacobo Tarrío Barreiro - Computer Engineer
> 34. Ramón Ordiales Plaza - Computer Engineer
> 35. Ramón Cárceles - Technical Engineer
> 36. J. Vicente Prieto González - Biologist
> 37. Teresa González de la Fe ? PhD., Sociology Professor, Univ.
> of La Laguna
> 38. Joan Soler Enfedaque - Train Conductor
> 39. Gaëlle Bello Hellegouarch - Biology freshman
> 40. Francisco Perfectti - Geneticist
> 41. Ferrán Tarrasa - PhD, Industrial Engineering Nuclear Plant
> Ascó-Vandellòs
> 42. Carlos Domínguez - Psychologist
> 43. Ricardo Mellid - Physicist
> 44. Pablo Velasco Pazos - Biologist
> 45. Oscar David Sanchez Jimenez - Engineering Grad Student
> 46. Jordi Mur-Petit - Physics PhD student (U. Barcelona)
> 47. María José Ferrando - Telecommunications Engineer
> 48. Saúl Blanco Lanza - Biologist
> 49. Jordi Raya Lapuente - Historian & Computer Technician
> 50. Germán Salvador García-Cano - Programmer
> 51. Juan Rodriguez - Geologist. Geological Survey of Spain
> 52. José María Mateos - Telecommunications Engineer
> 53. Jorge Gutierrez - IT Consultant
> 54. Xavier Nieto - Senior in Computer Engineering
> 55. Clarisa Doval - Industrial Engineer
> 56. Luis Blanco - Vocational Training Teacher
> 57. David García Polo - Telecommunications student
> 58. Elisenda Font Campdelacreu - Mathematician
> 59. Jose L. Cebollada - Physics and Chemistry High School Teacher
> 60. JMª Soler Insa - M.D., Neurologist
> 61. Sergio López Borgoñoz - Manager Of "Antares, Comunicación Audiovisual"
> 62. José Álvarez Castro ? Historian
> 63. M. Dolores Moyano Guerrero ? Computer Engineer
> 64. Ángel Luengo ? IyC Reader
> 65. José Vicente Arlandis Ortolá ? High School Mathematics Teacher
> 66. Oswaldo Palenzuela ? Biologist, Research Scientist (CSIC)
> 67. Jorge Javier Frías Perles ? Computer Science Teacher
> 68. Borja Marcos ? Computer Security Consultant
> 69. Juan Ángel Camacho ? Computer technician and illusionist
> 70. Víctor Martínez Serrano ? Business School Student
> 71. David De Lorenzo ? PhD, Biology Assistant Professor,
> University of Munich
> 72. Santiago Egido Arteaga ? Mathematician, Visiting Professor at UPC
> 73. Jordi Vila Mas ? Telecommunications Engineer
> 74. Jordi Ardanuy
> 75. Pedro Sánchez Arjona ? Physicist, High School Teacher