Independent Institute Response To Phillip Hallam-Baker ("network externality")

[Colin A. Reed]

So you admit then, that the material in question has no basis whatsoever 
on anything that could be considered by anyone to be "science" and is in 
effect merely a bottle of Doc Theroux's patent "free-market medicine", 
guaranteed to cure what ails you.  Because he says so.  Just don't come 
back tomorrow, 'cause he'll have moved on to the next town by then.  

On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Matthew Gaylor wrote:

> At 12:26 AM -0500 3/2/01, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> >Theroux runs some Potemkin village crank tank pandering to the predjudices
> >of their narrow base of ultra rich supporters.
> 
> At 12:39 AM -0500 3/2/01, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> >I have several degrees including a Doctorate in Nuclear physics.
> >If Theroux cannot justify the claims he makes except by reference to subject
> >authority then he is full of it.
> 
> How does a bright guy like you get involved in so much name calling? 
> Might it not be possible for you to just stick to the ideas and leave 
> the immature behavior at home?   Remember when you libeled physicist 
> Laurence Godfrey, in a newsgroup, soc.culture.thai, first on January 
> 12, 1997, there again later, and subsequently on uk.legal.
> 
> Here's an article:
> 
> Excerpt NYT article 
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/biztech/articles/01britain.h 
> tml
> 
> "Mr. Godfrey's solicitor, Nick Braithwaite, did not return several 
> telephone calls today, and it was unclear exactly what the substance 
> of the remarks made against Mr. Godfrey was. He is no stranger to 
> libel actions. In 1994, a fellow physicist, Philip Hallam-Baker, 
> agreed to pay Mr. Godfrey an unspecified amount in damages after Mr. 
> Godfrey sued him for libel in connection with a number of postings 
> Mr. Hallam-Baker made on the Internet raising doubts about his 
> professional competence."
> 
> Regards,  Matt-
> 
> 
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