> DP clearly wishes to keep truth hidden from "ordinary people" (i.e.
> non-specialists), whose only access to truth is through its formulation
> in their language by those who have first discussed it among themselves
> in a more complex language.
Yes. This is all part of my Secret Plan. Can't fool you, Carrol.
> One may doubt the likelihood of TOE and still take in Hawking's point:
> understanding of complexity (and the social world is rather more complex
> than the universe) must be arrived at through various forms of
> specialized study and specialized discussion among the specialists
> before its results can conceivably be made available to wider circles.
We're talking about politics, not physics. Indeed, it is you, Carrol, who wish to keep people ignorant until the Smart People let them in on the Grand Secret. Political thought is not that difficult to grasp, nor should it be. Only those with hidden agendas feel they must speak in code.
> A world in which the same journal was expected to fulfill the roles of
> _Nature_ and _Science News_ would be a world of utter confusion -- but
> then someone who thinks the actions of a vew students can raise an issue
> of free speech revels in confusion.
Well, you confuse me, to be sure.
DP