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

["Pau Garcia i Quiles" <paugq@...>]

Manuel Toharia también envió su firma, pero por desgracia llegó fuera
de plazo (¡por unas pocas horas!). Una pena.

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On 30/09/2003 at 00:29 Luis Alfonso Gámez wrote:

>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



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