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Message from J. Wales and changes to the article

On Oct 14, 2005, at 3:17 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:

I welcome Jack's complaints about Wikipedia, although I encourage him to
slow down and relax a bit, these things often take a bit of time, and
screaming bloody murder at everyone does not help one single bit.
(Indeed, it very much hinders the process of correcting the article
because it turns off the very people who are trying to help Jack, and
excites those who are trying to annoy him.)

However, I would appreciate very much being taken off the cc: line for
general specuations about the KGB and the CIA and physics and the end of
the world.  I try to read everything people send me, but if I'm busy
reading all this stuff, I have less time to help Jack.

Jimbo

Below is the article as of now between quotes, and my comments

""Jack Sarfatti

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Jack Sarfatti (born September 14, 1939) is a physicist, known for his Internet writings and Usenet postings explaining his theories. His reputation for holding controversial and non-mainstream views extends back to the 1970s.

Some of his wide-ranging views have included speculations of UFOs as extraterrestrials; the idea that some parapsychological phenomena are real; speculations that faster-than-light communication is possible; and most recently his design for space travel by warping spacetime in the region of the vehicle using dark energy / Josephson junction techniques, a form of ""metric engineering"".

He also claims to have originated the idea of supersolids.""

The above sentence should be changed to

He also claims to have originated the idea of recently observed supersolids in 1969 in the paper ""Destruction of Superflow in Unsaturated 4He Films and the Prediction of a New Crystalline Phase of 4He with Bose-Einstein Condensation"" in Physics Letters, Vol 30A, number 5, 3,, November, 1969 p.300.

The following eminent physicists testified to this claim.

George Chapline, Jr. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory wrote on Feb 16, 2005

""Jack, Your solid He4 superfluid paper is wonderful! You actually did something once of very great importance - and apparently you did not realize this. This paper is a precursor to quantum gravity, and much more important in that regard than string theory (you can quote me). George"" 

David Finkelstein wrote on March 26, 2005. 

""Dear Jack: Congratulations! What greater pleasure can a physicist have than see a long range prediction finally come true. David"" 

In addition Leonard Susskind of Stanford University Physics Department wrote on Dec 31,2004:

""To whom it may concern, The Glogower Susskind paper of 1963 which introduced phase operators for a quantum oscillator was in direct response to discussions between Glogower, Susskind, and Jack Sarfatti. Sarfatti's contributions were significant. The correct attribution should be to the 'Glogower, Sarfatti, Susskind' operators. Sincerely, Leonard Susskind"" 

Contents [hide]
1 Education
2 Involvement with paraphysics
3 Other activities
4 Criticism
5 Publications
6 External links

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Education

Sarfatti earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1960, where he wrote an honors thesis under the guidance of Hans Bethe. He went on to earn a Master's degree from UCSD in 1967, and a Ph.D. from UCR in 1969, writing a thesis under the direction of Fred Cummings. He taught at San Diego State and studied as a research fellow under David Bohm at the University of London before venturing into non-academic pursuits.

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This part

""Involvement with paraphysics

On 21 June 1974 Sarfatti observed alleged psychic Uri Geller, and reported that Geller demonstrated genuine ""psychoenergetic"" ability at Birbeck beyond the doubt of any reasonable man, under relatively well-controlled and repeatable experimental conditions. (Science News, vol. 106; 20 July 1974; page 46). He later revised this opinion after discussing the matter with James Randi. He wrote in a letter, ""On the basis of further experience in the art of conjuring, I wish to retract my endorsement of Uri Geller's psychoenergetic authenticity."" (Science News, 6 December 1975, page 355).""

Should be changed to

""Involvement with paraphysics

On 21 June 1974 Sarfatti observed alleged psychic Uri Geller, and reported that Geller demonstrated genuine ""psychoenergetic"" ability at Birbeck beyond the doubt of any reasonable man, under relatively well-controlled and repeatable experimental conditions. (Science News, vol. 106